An army captain tries to convince the inhabitants of a village to hand him over two machine-guns so he can attack the indians.An army captain tries to convince the inhabitants of a village to hand him over two machine-guns so he can attack the indians.An army captain tries to convince the inhabitants of a village to hand him over two machine-guns so he can attack the indians.
Don 'Red' Barry
- Bly - Deserter
- (as Donald Barry)
Regis Parton
- Prospector
- (as Reg Parton)
Sol Gorss
- Townsman - Roulette Player
- (as Saul Gorss)
Duke Fishman
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Ben Frommer
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaProducer A.C. Lyles stated in later years that Paramount costume designer Edith Head would pull clothing from Paramount wardrobe stock for his low-budget films off the record as a favor to him, since he could not afford her salary on his tiny budgets. In the case of this film, she advised Lyles that she would have her seamstresses in the wardrobe department who were not busy at the time make up new period clothing for Betty Hutton, since she already had Hutton's measurements from her heyday in Paramount films from the 1940s and early 1950s. These costumes were to keep the seamstresses busy during a lull in productions at Paramount and replace old wardrobe stock. That way Lyles would not be financially responsible for the new clothing items being made off the record for Hutton, who was to make her return to the screen with this western.
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Army Captain Tom York is sent to contact General Custer at Little Big Horn, however by the time he arrives, all he finds is the massacred 7th Cavalry and the Sioux walking around. Tom York rides into the town of Deadwood in order to find a telegraph that he can use to warn the other regiments heading towards Custer's former location. The locals mistake York for a deserter until his friend Ep Wyatt vouches for him.
Somewhere in the area is hidden a pair of Gatling guns, which would be vital to fending off such an assault. The only person who knows the hiding place is Dakota Lil, a saloonkeeper who already has lost her husband and son in battle and wants no more part of it.
Ultimately persuaded by York to reveal where the guns are, they are betrayed by a gambler, Elkins, who intends to sell them to the enemy for a profit.
Red Tomahawk is not a bad A. C Lyle western as it has a simple plot, dialogue and action, which keeps you watching. It's not world shatteringly great, but it's a fair western. You got the usual old stars and some tongue in cheek moments.
Somewhere in the area is hidden a pair of Gatling guns, which would be vital to fending off such an assault. The only person who knows the hiding place is Dakota Lil, a saloonkeeper who already has lost her husband and son in battle and wants no more part of it.
Ultimately persuaded by York to reveal where the guns are, they are betrayed by a gambler, Elkins, who intends to sell them to the enemy for a profit.
Red Tomahawk is not a bad A. C Lyle western as it has a simple plot, dialogue and action, which keeps you watching. It's not world shatteringly great, but it's a fair western. You got the usual old stars and some tongue in cheek moments.
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- coltras35
- Mar 27, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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