The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andre de Toth
Screenplay by	Frank Davis and Ben Hecht
Based on	Original story by Robert L. Richards
Produced by	William Schorr
Starring	Kirk Douglas Walter Matthau Diana Douglas Walter Abel Lon Chaney Eduard Franz Alan Hale Elsa Martinelli
Cinematography	Wilfred M. Cline, A.S.C.
Edited by	Richard Cahoon, A.C.E.
Music by	Franz Waxman songs by Irving Gordon
Production company	Bryna Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 21, 1955 (1955-12-21) (New York)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,450,000 (US)[1]

The Indian Fighter is a 1955 American CinemaScope and Technicolor Western film directed by Andre de Toth and based upon an original story by Robert L. Richards. The film was the first of star Kirk Douglas's Bryna Productions that was released through United Artists. The film co-stars Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas's ex-wife Diana Douglas and Walter Abel.

Plot[]

Johnny Hawks is a man who made his name fighting Indians. Returning to the West after the Civil War he must now keep wronged Sioux warriors from massacring the Oregon-bound wagon train he is leading and the nearby fort. Tensions between the two races are building with Indians trading gold to the whites for whiskey.

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Production[]

The film was shot in Bend, Oregon.^[2] The end credits state, "Filmed in Oregon with the cooperation of the Bend Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. National Forestry Service."

Comic book adaption[]

• Dell Four Color #687 (March 1956)^[3][4]

References[]

External links[]

• The Indian Fighter at IMDb
• The Indian Fighter at Rotten Tomatoes

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