Red Tomahawk
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Director Robert G. Springsteen Music director Jimmie Haskell Duration Language English | 5.2/10 IMDb Genre Western Story by Steve Fisher Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 1, 1966 (1966-01-01) Writer Andrew Craddock (story), Steve Fisher (story) Cast Howard Keel (Capt. Tom York), Joan Caulfield (Dakota Lil McCoy), Broderick Crawford (Columbus Smith), Scott Brady (Ep Wyatt), Wendell Corey (Sy Elkins), Richard Arlen (Deadwood Telegrapher)Related Robert G. Springsteen movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Red Tomahawk is a 1966 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Steve Fisher. The film stars Howard Keel, Joan Caulfield, Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady, Wendell Corey, Richard Arlen and Tom Drake. The film was released on January 1, 1967, by Paramount Pictures.
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Plot
Mistaken at first for a deserter, Army captain Tom York rides into the town of Deadwood after the Little Big Horn massacre. He has come to warn the townspeople of a likely Sioux attack.
Somewhere in the area is hidden a pair of Gatling guns, which would be vital to fending off such an assault. The only person who knows the hiding place is Dakota Lil, a saloonkeeper who already has lost her husband and son in battle and wants no more part of it.
Ultimately persuaded by York to reveal where the guns are, they are betrayed by a gambler, Elkins, who intends to sell them to the enemy for a profit. York and others manage to get them back, and once everyone is town is safe, he decides to put down roots there with Dakota Lil.
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