Main Cast: Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Alex Nicol, Preston S. Foster, Jack Oakie
Release Year: 1951
Country: US
Run Time: 82 minutes
Plot
Tomahawk takes place during the Great Sioux Uprising of the 1860s. Van Heflin stars as famed frontier scout Jim Bridger, who labors valiantly and vainly to orchestrate peace between Indians and whites. Much of the action takes place at Fort Phil Kearney, the scene of one of the bloodiest battles in western history. Though the film isn't what one might call a pro-Native American tract, the script is careful to note that the Sioux were galvanized into action by the broken treaties and sadistic excesses of certain Indian-hating white men. The feminine angle in these otherwise all-male proceedings is provided by Yvonne de Carlo as a travelling showgirl and Susan Cabot as an ill-fated Sioux maiden. Though economically produced, Tomahawk has all the polish and professionalism of an "A" production. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Bernard Herzbrun - Art Director, Richard H. Riedel - Art Director, George Sherman - Director, Danny B. Landres - Editor, Hans Salter - Composer (Music Score), Charles P. Boyle - Cinematographer, Leonard Goldstein - Producer, Dan Jarrett - Screen Story, Maurice Geraghty - Screenwriter, Silvia Richards - Screenwriter
In 1866 gold is discovered and the U.S. Army build a road and fort on territory ceded to the Sioux by an earlier treaty. Frontier scout Jim Bridger (Van Heflin), whose wife is Cheyenne, tries to prevent all out war.
