Battles of Chief Pontiac

Dec 8, 1952

1h 12m

★ 5.4

Overview

In pre-Revolutionary America, the efforts of a Colonial officer trying to broker a peace deal between Indian chief Pontiac and British and American settlers are threatened by the commander of a Hessian mercenary unit who embarks on a campaign of extermination against the Indians.

Genres

Drama

War

Western

Production Companies

Realart Pictures Inc.

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Cast

Lt. Kent McIntire

Lex Barker

Winifred Lancaster

Helen Westcott

Chief Pontiac

Lon Chaney Jr.

Col. von Weber

Berry Kroeger

Maj. Gladwin

Roy Roberts

Hawkbill

Larry Chance

Chia

Katherine Warren

Gen. Sir Jeffrey Amherst

Ramsay Hill

Von Weber's aide

Guy Teague

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James Fairfax

Doctor

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