Daughter of the West

Feb 15, 1949

1h 17m

★ 0.0

A FLAMING PAGE FROM AMERICAN HISTORY Becomes a powerful motion picture...set against the panoramic grandeur of the West!

Overview

A convent-raised woman learns of her American Indian heritage through romance with an educated Navajo (Philip Reed) during the 1880s.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Martin Mooney Productions

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Cast

Lolita Moreno

Martha Vickers

Navo White Eagle

Phillip Reed

Commissioner Ralph C. Connors

Donald Woods

Okeeman (Atoka)

Marion Carney

Chief Wykomas

Pedro de Cordoba

Jed Morgan

James Griffith

Father Vallejo

William Farnum

Wateeka

Luz Alba

Ponca

Tommy Cook

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