Tomahawk Trail

Tomahawk Trail

1957 "A battered Cavalry squad ... a white girl ... and a renegade Indian princess ... they made the stand that saved the Frontier !"
Tomahawk Trail
Tomahawk Trail

Tomahawk Trail

5.6 | 1h0m | NR | en | Western

Led by an incompetent Lieutenant, a troop of soldiers is on the Tomahawk Trail in Apache territory. When he lets the Indians steal their horses and gets slightly wounded in a skirmish, Sergeant McCoy takes over command. McCoy sucessfully gets them to the fort only to find all the soldiers have meen murdered by the Apaches. He prepares the troops for an attack knowing if they survive the Lieutenant plans to have him court marshaled.

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5.6 | 1h0m | NR | en | Western | More Info
Released: February. 01,1957 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Led by an incompetent Lieutenant, a troop of soldiers is on the Tomahawk Trail in Apache territory. When he lets the Indians steal their horses and gets slightly wounded in a skirmish, Sergeant McCoy takes over command. McCoy sucessfully gets them to the fort only to find all the soldiers have meen murdered by the Apaches. He prepares the troops for an attack knowing if they survive the Lieutenant plans to have him court marshaled.

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Chuck Connors , John Smith , Susan Cummings

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Herschel Brown

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dougdoepke A cavalry detachment must trek across desert badlands because their arrogantly incompetent lieutenant lets the Apaches get their horses. Led now by their sergeant, they eventually hole up in an abandoned fort, only to face another Apache onslaught.Bel-Air was a budget movie outfit, while director Selander was a budget director. So why did this little programmer turn out as well as it did. No, the 60-minutes is nothing memorable, but still there's a good script, okay acting, and generally well-staged action. Add location shooting in Utah, without a single studio set, and I credit producer Howard W. Koch for the generally superior result. (Check his list of later credits that includes The Manchurian Candidate {1962}, and Airplane! {1980}, among others.) Connors is excellent as the stalwart sergeant, commanding but without swagger. Of course, the girls are a slice of eye candy amidst all the men, but are woven pretty well into the plot. And catch those two near-rape scenes, cutting edge for the late 1950's. For a minute, I was afraid the philosophical exchange between the sergeant and Ellen (Cummings) might get heavy-handed. But wisely the scripter raises the pragmatic issue of war-- which is relevant to the cavalry's predicament—without letting it dominate an action movie. Anyway, the parts are shrewdly assembled, not least of which is the towering Connors only a year away from becoming Lucas Mc Cain with a rifle. And, oh yes, the movie made me realize what a superior weapon the pistol, not the rifle, is for close-in fighting, unusual for the usually rifle-bound cavalry.
jfarms1956 Tomahawk Trail is a movie that is most enjoyed by those either younger than eight years old (where the children can play cowboys and Indians) or those who are 50 and older. I know that Chuck Connors has been in many types of films, yet I remember him mostly in westerns like this movie. The movie moves along at a fairly good clip. The best thing about this movie is that it is only an hour long. The movie can't afford to have any down time. This is a cowboy and Indian movie. Tomahawk Trail is either best enjoyed on as a Saturday afternoon matinée or as a late at night movie. The actors do okay in their roles. However, once the movie has played, it is easily forgotten except for Chuck Connors. Bring your popcorn and your Western boots to this one, Partner.
ljlangham Tomawk Trail, where our hero the Sargent, Chuck Conners, must take command away from a green lieutenant who has no clue how to command an Apache outpost, the lieutenant suffers from heat exhaustion & is not capable of leading his men. The movie is predictable & low budget but is interesting because Chuck narrates the thing from time to time. I am a Chuck Conners fan, so i really enjoyed the movie myself & would recommend it to all as good family entertainment.The lieutenant threatens to court marshal our hero but takes an apache arrow through the heart at the end of movie so Chuck is off the hook & can smooch the leading lady at the end. Movie also gives Harry Dean Stanton a big part & I like anything he does, good character actor. Watch this one if you get the chance it is worth the effort. Thank you
dinky-4 This movie captures one's attention from the start with Chuck Connors' opening line of narration: "Lt. Merriman was dead; the brains cooked out of his skull over an Apache torture fire." From this point on the movie proceeds in a taut, terse fashion which is a model of economical story-telling. True, it doesn't add up to much but it knows its limitations and works within them with commendable assurance. "Tomahawk Trail" would be a good movie to study in Film-Making 101. Its faults are obvious but not fatal. The soldiers' US Cavalry uniforms should be soiled and sweaty and yet, too often, they seem to have just come from the Costume Shop. Also, the two female characters are unconvincing. Susan Cummings has been dropped into the plot simply to give Chuck Connors a pretty girl to kiss at the fade-out, and Lisa Montell makes a very unpersuasive Indian.Chuck Connors, playing yet another of his "Mc" characters, is in his physical prime here and one regrets he's given no chance to do a "beefcake" scene.The location work around Kanab, Utah, (using black-and-white photography), adds an air of authenticity. There's not a studio-bound shot in the whole movie.Assuming your expectations aren't unrealistically high, you may well be pleasantly surprised by "Tomahawk Trail."