by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Against a Crooked Sky is a remake of John Ford's landmark western The Searchers. Richard Boone appears in the John Wayne role, playing an ageing trapper obsessed with rescuing a white girl from her Indian captors. Another movie veteran, Henry Wilcoxon, is the ruthless yet honorable Indian chief.
characteristics
- Obsessive Quests
- White People Among Indians
- Culture Clash
- Lone Wolves
- Sibling
- Trapper
- Trapping
- Rescue
- Search
- Tour
- Native-American
- Kidnap
- Communism
- Bus
- Agent [representative]
