They Rode West
Dr. Allen Seward (Robert Francis) is assigned to a western cavalry post with drunks and slackers. The post doesn't like him after he disregards regulations and helps ailing Indians on a malaria-infested reserve. The Indians leave the reserve to relocate to higher ground, and when they join the Comanches to besiege the fort, Seward is branded a "woodhawk," the bird that turns on its own. Donna Reed is the post commander's niece; Phil Carey is a cavalry captain who believes the only decent Indian is a dead Indian; and May Wynn (who debuted with Francis in "The Caine Mutiny") is a white girl reared by Indians and married to the chief's son. Francis made two more films before his 1955 aircraft crash death.
Released: 1954-12-04