Pony Soldier ( 1952 )

Pony Soldier ( 1952 ) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
79 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1952 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Joseph M. Newman

Written By:
John C. Higgins
Garnett Weston

Actors:
Tyrone Power ..... Constable Duncan MacDonald
Cameron Mitchell ..... Konah
Thomas Gomez ..... Natayo Smith
Penny Edwards ..... Emerald Neeley
Robert Horton ..... Jess Calhoun
Anthony Numkena ..... Comes Running
Adeline De Walt Reynolds ..... White Moon
Howard Petrie ..... Insp. Frazer
Stuart Randall ..... Standing Bear

Synopsis:

Generous helpings of stock footage from the 1944 film Buffalo Bill help make Pony Soldier seem far more expensive and ambitious than it actually is. Tyrone Power stars as 19th-century Royal Canadian Mountie Duncan MacDonald, whose job it is to escort a group of Cree Indians back to their above-the-border reservation. His guide in this endeavor is the not-too-trustworthy half-breed Natayo (Thomas Gomez). Along the way, he tries to free two white captives of the Crees, escaped convict Jess Calhoun (Robert Horton) and Jess' sister Emerald (Penny Edwards). Calhoun nearly messes up the whole operation when he impulsively kills the brother of Chief Konah (Cameron Mitchell). Though set in Canada, Pony Soldier was filmed in Arizona's Coconino National Forest. A curiosity: leading lady Penny Edwards has barely five lines, while 6th-billed child actor Anthony Earl Numkena, cast as lovable Indian cub Comes Running, is given reams of dialogue.

An officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Duncan MacDonald (Tyrone Power), must intercept a hunting party of Cree Native Americans who have left their reservation to track buffalo in the Montana region. MacDonald, along with his guide, Natayo Smith (Thomas Gomez), meets up with the Native Americans, trying to convince them to return to the reservation. But Chief Konah complicates matters when he attacks a wagon train and takes two hostages.

In 1876, Duncan MacDonald joins the new, 300-member Mounted Police in western Canada, just in time for a dangerous mission. It seems the Cree Indians, raiding across the border in Montana, took two hostages for their safe return to Canada. But MacDonald, with only scout Natayo to help, will need all his diplomacy and then some to extract the captives from the midst of a thousand Cree.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 January, 2016.