Pawnee (1957)
Directed by George Waggner
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
George Montgomery stars in Pawnee as Paul, a white man raised by Indians. Upon attaining adulthood, Paul finds himself rejected by both the Pawnee tribe and the white community. He manages to attain a job as a wagon train scout, but even in this position of respect and authority he is treated with hostility and suspicion. When Wise Eagle (Ralph Moody), the Pawnee chief who raised Paul as his own son, dies, the tribe is taken over by Paul's lifelong enemy Crazy Fox (Charles Horvath). Thus, when the wagon train is attacked by Indians, Paul has no qualms about aligning himself with the passengers. Featured in the cast as Dancing Fawn is Charlotte Austin, the cult-favorite star of such horror cheapies as The Man Who Turned to Stone.
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adoption, attack, bad-guy, chief, conflict, cowboy, Divided-loyalties, fidelity, good-guy, Native-American, racism, roots [origins], scout, son, trail [path], tribe, wagon, wagon-train, man
