Smoke Signal

Mar 1, 1955

1h 28m

★ 6.9

MILE AFTER TREACHEROUS MILE OF CHURNING RIVER FURY...their only escape!

Overview

Capt. Harper's cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. The apparent cause is the recapture of Army traitor Brett Halliday, who deserted to the Utes in a previous war; but Brett has a different story. With capture imminent, the only chance for the surviving men (and one woman) is to boat down a wild, uncharted river, where Harper and Halliday must pull together, like it or not.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Brett Halliday

Dana Andrews

Laura Evans

Piper Laurie

Wayne Ford

Rex Reason

Captain Harper

William Talman

Sergeant Miles

Milburn Stone

Garode

Douglas Spencer

Corporal Rogers

Gordon Jones

Private Livingston

William Schallert

Daly

Robert J. Wilke

Private Porter

William Phipps

Delche

Pat Hogan

Ute Prisoner

Peter Coe

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