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Western

Arrow In The Dust

- Ablaze with the gun-thundering terrors of the West's most violent days!

Director Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom Tully, Lee Van Cleef and Jimmy Wakely.

Release Date : 1954-04-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Allied Artists Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sterling Hayden

Character Name : Bart Laish

Original Name : Sterling Hayden

Gender : Male

Coleen Gray

Character Name : Christella Burke

Original Name : Coleen Gray

Gender : Female

Keith Larsen

Character Name : Lt. Steve King

Original Name : Keith Larsen

Gender : Male

Tom Tully

Character Name : Crowshaw

Original Name : Tom Tully

Gender : Male

Jimmy Wakely

Character Name : Pvt. Carqueville

Original Name : Jimmy Wakely

Gender : Male

Tudor Owen

Character Name : Tillotson

Original Name : Tudor Owen

Gender : Male

Lee Van Cleef

Character Name : Tillotson Henchman

Original Name : Lee Van Cleef

Gender : Male

John Pickard

Character Name : Sgt. Lybarger

Original Name : John Pickard

Gender : Male

Carleton Young

Character Name : Maj. Andy Pepperis

Original Name : Carleton Young

Gender : Male

Iron Eyes Cody

Character Name : Chief Rasacura (uncredited)

Original Name : Iron Eyes Cody

Gender : Male

Artie Ortego

Character Name : Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Artie Ortego

Gender : Male

Charles Soldani

Character Name : Indian (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Soldani

Gender : Male

Sheb Wooley

Character Name : Trooper (uncredited)

Original Name : Sheb Wooley

Gender : Male

Reviews

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John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The Laramie Redemption. Arrow in the Dust is directed by Lesley Selander and adapted to screenplay by Don Martin from the L. L. Foreman novel. It stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larson, Tom Tully and Tudour Owen. Music is by Marlin Skiles and Technicolor cinematography by Ells W. Carter. Bart Laish (Hayden) is an army deserter, a gambler and a killer, but soon he is going to get a shot at redemption... It's all very formulaic in plotting, yet there's some thought gone into the screenplay, whilst Selander wastes no chances to keep things brisk by inserting another finely constructed action sequence. Laish (a typically robust Hayden) finds himself in command of a wagon train, with soldiers and civilians, all now looking to him to stave off the wave after wave of Indian attacks, which interestingly sees the Pawnee and the Apache teaming up. Naturally there's trouble in the camp, not only via some suspicious business men whose motives will reveal a key narrative thrust, but also by way of Gray's Christella Burke. She wanders in from some Estée Lauder advertisement (we don't care, we love 50s Westerns!), and pulses quicken for protagonist and viewers alike. Thematically the narrative is honourable, with decent amounts of angst and tortured heroics. There's some nifty war tactics, plenty of splendid gun play, and of course there's a human redemptive beat pulsing away - just begging to be found? There's the usual "B" Western issues, such as weakly choreographed fighting between man versus man, dummies being flung over cliffs, and some average acting in support slots (not Lee Van Cleef, though, who is pottering around with menace). However, the Burro Flats location filming is beautifully photographed - in sync with Skiles' genre compliant score, while Hayden does enjoyable stern backed machismo, which plays off of Gray's sensuality perfectly, and Tully does grizzle to actually provide the film's best performance. One for fans of this era of Western genre film making. Not a waste of time. Good show. 6.5/10