Arrow in the Dust

1954
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1h 19m

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Sterling Hayden and Coleen Gray in Arrow in the Dust (1954)

Classical Western Desert Adventure Survival Western

A cavalry deserter risks his life to warn and protect a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.A cavalry deserter risks his life to warn and protect a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.A cavalry deserter risks his life to warn and protect a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.

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Sterling Hayden

Bart Laish

Coleen Gray

Christella Burke

Keith Larsen

Lt. Steve King

Tom Tully

Crowshaw

Jimmy Wakely

Pvt. Carqueville

Tudor Owen

Tillotson

Lee Van Cleef

Tillotson Henchman

John Pickard

Sgt. Lybarger

Carleton Young

Maj. Andy Pepperis

Robert Bray

Cavalry Corporal
(uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

Chief Rasacura
(uncredited)

Jack Ingram

Cpl. Demington
(uncredited)

Rudy Lee

Orphan
(uncredited)

Carl Mathews

Barfly
(uncredited)

John Maxwell

George Owsley
(uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

Tillotson Man
(uncredited)

Artie Ortego

Wagon Train Member
(uncredited)

Rocky Shahan

Lem
(uncredited)

Director
- Lesley Selander
Writers
- Don Martin
- L.L. Foreman
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Trivia
Arrow in the Dust includes numerous wagon train and battle scenes from the 1952 movie Wagons West (1952). The shots of the wagon train going down a steep hill and several of the fighting sequences are obviously matches to the earlier movie. The most noticeable is when one of the pioneers is narrowly missed by an arrow.

Goofs
About 45 minutes into the movie Major Pepperis has his pants leg cut off by Stella so that she can bandage his leg. Then he goes to solve a problem with one of the wagons. When he returns his pants leg is un-torn and his leg is not bandaged.

Quotes
Maj. Andy Pepperis: Gambler, gunfighter and now deserter?
Bart Laish: Yeah
Maj. Andy Pepperis: It looks like you added coward to the list.

Connections
Edited from Wagons West (1952)

Soundtracks
THE WEARY STRANGER
By Jimmy Wakely

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Sterling Hayden steals the film

In this western Sterling Hayden has more or less the same role that Glenn Ford had in MAN FROM ALAMO, a deserter seeking to redeem himself. So, you see, this is not that new but still worth watching, and a not so bad movie from western specialist Lesley Selander, but not at the scale of SHOTGUN, my favourite and his best for me, who saw so many of his movies. This one however takes its promises in terms of action, excellent atmosphere. So, you can watch it without any problem, despite the predictable scheme, Sterling Hayden does more than his job, you won't be deceived. Lee Van Cleef in an early role as a supporting villain.