Arrowhead

Arrowhead

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  • Genre: Action, Western
  • Release Date: 1953-08-03
  • Runtime: 105 minutes
  • : 5.9
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
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5.9/10
5.9
From 26 Ratings

Description

Director Charles Marquis Warren's 1953 western stars Charlton Heston and Jack Palance. Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, Texas and he dreams of aiding in bringing peace to the region, despite opposition from both the Army and the Apaches.

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  • Wuchak

    7
    By Wuchak
    _**Grim cavalry vs. Apaches Western with Heston and Palance**_ Ed Bannon (Charlton Heston) is a no-nonsense scout at Fort Clark, Texas, who used to live with the Apaches. He is suspicious when the son of the chief, Toriano (Jack Palance), is returning from his education back East at the same time the Chiricahuas are meeting the U.S. Army. He solemnly warns that they will not peaceably be shipped off to Florida. Brian Keith plays the new commanding officer of the fort in his feature film debut. Katy Jurado and Mary Sinclair are also on hand. "Arrowhead" (1953) was based on W.R. Burnett’s novel wherein the author patterned Ed Bannon (Heston) after the real-life Albert Sieber. Meanwhile the film was shot at the actual Fort Clark in Brackettville, Texas. As such, it has some authenticity in its favor even while a bit marred by the dated style of its era. The problem is some people don’t want ugly reality, but rather political correctness. I don’t get what the problem is. Bannon is understandably cheerless in a tense life-or-death situation while the Chiricahuas are depicted as formidable warriors who are willing to fight to the death. The movie portrays the culmination of the Indian Wars (as far as the Apaches go) in a fictitious story backed by factual material and it’s not pleasant, but rather grim and brutal. It was the Indian _WARS_, after all, not the Indian love-in. The film runs 1 hour, 45 minutes. GRADE: B

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