The Savage

Sep 1, 1952

1h 35m

★ 6.1

CHARLTON HESTON...fresh from his triumph in "The Greatest Show on Earth"

Overview

The only white survivor of a Crow Indian raid on a wagon train is a young boy. He is rescued by the Sioux, and the Sioux chief raises him as an Indian in very way. Years later, the white men and the Sioux threaten to go to war and the Indian-raised white man is torn between his racial loyalties and his adopted tribe.

Genres

Western

Action

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The Savage Trailers

Cast

James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet

Charlton Heston

Tally Hathersall

Susan Morrow

Lt. Weston Hathersall

Peter Hansen

Luta

Joan Taylor

Capt. Arnold Vaugant

Richard Rober

Running Dog

Don Porter

Iron Breast

Ted de Corsia

Yellow Eagle

Ian MacDonald

Cpl. Martin

Milburn Stone

Pehangi

Angela Clarke

Jim as a child

Orley Lindgren

Long Mane

Michael Tolan

Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West-and the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the tribe's land only to discover that they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. Led by Horse, they fight to repossess their land.

6.5

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7.7

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5.8

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4.3

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Feb 8, 1952

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4.6

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Sep 23, 1894

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4.5

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5.3

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0.0

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4.4

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4.9

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0.0

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0.0

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2.3

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4.9

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5.0

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0.0

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Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall on all the POW's as the Japanese embark on a policy of ruthless terror to extract her and the focus shifts to the conflicts of the group' s collective concerns against the necessities of personal survival.