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WesternAction

The Savage

- CHARLTON HESTON...fresh from his triumph in "The Greatest Show on Earth"

The only white survivor of a Crow Indian raid on a wagon train is a young boy. He is rescued by the Sioux, and the Sioux chief raises him as an Indian in very way. Years later, the white men and the Sioux threaten to go to war and the Indian-raised white man is torn between his racial loyalties and his adopted tribe.

Release Date : 1952-09-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Charlton Heston

Character Name : James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet

Original Name : Charlton Heston

Gender : Male

Susan Morrow

Character Name : Tally Hathersall

Original Name : Susan Morrow

Gender : Female

Peter Hansen

Character Name : Lt. Weston Hathersall

Original Name : Peter Hansen

Gender : Male

Joan Taylor

Character Name : Luta

Original Name : Joan Taylor

Gender : Female

Richard Rober

Character Name : Capt. Arnold Vaugant

Original Name : Richard Rober

Gender : Male

Don Porter

Character Name : Running Dog

Original Name : Don Porter

Gender : Male

Ted de Corsia

Character Name : Iron Breast

Original Name : Ted de Corsia

Gender : Male

Ian MacDonald

Character Name : Yellow Eagle

Original Name : Ian MacDonald

Gender : Male

Milburn Stone

Character Name : Cpl. Martin

Original Name : Milburn Stone

Gender : Male

Angela Clarke

Character Name : Pehangi

Original Name : Angela Clarke

Gender : Female

Orley Lindgren

Character Name : Jim as a child

Original Name : Orley Lindgren

Gender : Male

Michael Tolan

Character Name : Long Mane

Original Name : Michael Tolan

Gender : Male

Howard Negley

Character Name : Col. Ellis

Original Name : Howard Negley

Gender : Male

Frank Richards

Character Name : Sgt. Norris

Original Name : Frank Richards

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Warbonnet. The Savage is directed by George Marshall and adapted to screenplay by Sydney Boehm from the novel The Renegade written by L.L. Foreman. It stars Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Ian MacDonald, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor, Richard Rober, Ted de Corsia, Frank Richards and Don Porter. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by John F. Seitz. It's an honourable failure, a film of good pro Indian intentions, but ultimately the narrative thrust is dampened by a script not prepared to challenge its themes. Plot finds young Jim Aherne (Orly Lindgren) as the only survivor of a wagon train attack by the Crow Indians who are not prepared to adhere to the newly called for truce between the whites and the reds. Fortunately for Jim, the Sioux come along and see off the Crow and the Sioux chief raises him as his own son in the Indian traditions. Growing up to be Warbonnet (Heston), he's a happy man, but trouble is brewing between the whites and the reds and Warbonnet gets torn between loyalties. What transpires is a familiar thread that sees Warbonnet, a white man by birth but Indian of upbringing, see at first hand racism and foolhardy politics from both sides of the fence. There's a good quota of action spread throughout the pic, with the location photography around the Black Hills of Dakota making for a pleasing backdrop, and there's some well structured passages that let Heston strut his stuff. Yet it never adds up to being more than a gentle sermon, with characters that basically can't veer from the standard old fashioned formula of such pictorial genre pieces. Worth a viewing for Heston and Western purists, but not worth hunting high and low for. 6/10