The White Squaw

Director Ray Nazarro brands this oater with the distinctive Nazarro touch, namely flat lighting, dreary compositions and inattention to detail.

Still, the film has a fresh, compelling story to recommend it, one with topical urgency. Ruthless land baron David Brian (in a career high performance), a European immigrant who has achieved the American dream, makes life hell for Native American sodbusters in general and a half-breed babe in particular.

It also boasts a glittering cast of low-budget luminaries: May "The Unknown Terror" Wynn as the titular tootsie, Myron "Varan the Unbelievable" Healey as a lecherous lout, Paul "My eyes are alien!" Birch as a kindly rancher, Emil "The Fourth Stooge" Sitka as a squeamish barfly, Frank "It is balloon!" DeKova as a Sioux chief, Russ Meyer regular Henry "Martin Bormann" Rowland as a shifty-eyed cowhand and frequent Sam Fuller bit player Neyle "I am impotent and I like it!" Morrow as a Sioux Indian brave named Swift Arrow.

Well worth a look, especially for psychotronic stargazers.