''Pawnee'' is a 1957 American

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film directed by George Waggner and written by George Waggner, Louis Vittes and Endre Bohem. The Trucolor film stars George Montgomery, Bill Williams, Lola Albright,

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, Robert Griffin and

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. The film, using footage from ''

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'' (1944) was released on September 7, 1957, by

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Plot

Pale Arrow was orphaned as a boy and raised as the son of the

Pawnee Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language: * Pawnee people * Pawnee language Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States: * Pawnee, Illinois * Pawnee, Kansas * Pawnee, Missouri * Pawnee City, Nebraska * ...

Chief, Wise Eagle. Now an adult, Pale Arrow witnesses his fellow braves attack a wagon driven by two people who are trying to rejoin the rest of a

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passing through Pawnee land. Pale Arrow rescues the two individuals and returns them safely to their comrades. Subsequently, he and Wise Eagle come to an agreement whereby Pale Arrow will see if he is able to return to his roots as a white settler. He takes the name Paul Fletcher and becomes a scout for the wagon train. Wise Eagle wants to live in peace with white people but, upon his death, Crazy Fox becomes Chief and stirs up a desire for war in the Pawnee. Paul Fletcher/Pale Arrow is caught between these two worlds and must choose one when it becomes clear the wagon train is about to be attacked.

Cast

* George Montgomery as Paul "Pale Arrow" Fletcher * Bill Williams as Matt Delaney * Lola Albright as Meg Alden *

as Uncle Tip Alden * Robert Griffin as Doc Morgan *

as John Brewster *

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as Mrs. Carter * Charlotte Austin as Dancing Fawn * Ralph Moody as Chief Wise Eagle * Anne Barton as Martha Brewster *

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as Obie Dilks *Charles Horvath as Crazy Fox *Robert Nash as Carter

References

External links

* 1957 films American Western (genre) films 1957 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films Films directed by George Waggner Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films Pawnee in popular culture {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub