War Arrow
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| Directed by | George Sherman |
| Produced by | John W. Rogers |
| Written by | John Michael Hayes |
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Maureen O'Hara Jeff Chandler |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Frank Gross |
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Universal Pictures
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.4 million |
War Arrow is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film directed by George Sherman based on the Seminole Scouts starring Maureen O'Hara and Jeff Chandler. Filmed by Universal-International, the film was shot in Agoura, California.
Major Howell Brady (Jeff Chandler), a cavalry officer, is sent from Washington D.C. to Fort Clark, Texas, to subdue a Kiowa uprising that has been raiding both white settlements and villages on Seminole reservations. Brady requests that the post commander Colonel Meade (John McIntire) send his troops out in fast moving small units to engage the Kiowa but the Colonel fears his men would be slaughtered in piece meal actions and only feels the Kiowa are impressed by large numbers of troops.
Together with his two sergeants, Brady enlists the help of the Seminole chief, Maygro (Henry Brandon}, by giving him $500 and promising his people food and land. The three of them arm 25 Seminoles with state of the art Henry repeating rifles and train them as counter guerillas; luring the Kiowa in then ambushing them. Col. Meade and his officers resent Brady’s interference and mistrust the Seminoles.
At Fort Clark, Brady meets and falls in love with Elaine Corwin (Maureen O'Hara), the widow of a cavalry officer. However, when "Brady's Bunch" of Seminoles successfully repel a Kiowa attack, Brady spots a white man with the Kiowa. Although he does not get a good look at him, he recovers his sabre. The engraved sabre turns out to belong to Captain R. G. Corwin, the supposedly deceased husband of Elaine. The Seminoles confirm Corwin is still alive through torturing a Kiowa prisoner.
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