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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5.6/10

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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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6/10

Soldiers and Indians

Army deserter Bart Laish (Sterling Hayden) is trying to escape pursuing soldiers and catch a wagon train to Oregon. After losing his pursuers, he encounters some destroyed wagons and an Army camp devastated by Indians. He is challenged by a dying former comrade if he still has some good in him. He decides to impersonate his dead comrade and save the wagon train from impending Indian attacks.

The story is simply written. It's broadly acted. It's redemption for the cowardly act of desertion. Indians are bad. It's a B-western. It does put in some good location shoots. The action is not the best but there is a good amount of it. There is a lot of riding horses and big landscapes. The fighting can be a bit old fashion. Bart's tactics are supposed to be superior but I don't see it. It's about half and half. It's fine for a B-western.