Frontier Scout (1956)

Former army Captain Linus Quincannon makes his living as a scout after quitting the army. Quincannon, who is part-Indian, quit the army after a massacre of natives by the 7th Cavalry. Nevertheless, his former commanding officer, Col. Harry Conover, sends for him. He needs his help in tracing and retrieving 800 stolen Henry repeating rifles and 10,000 rounds of ammunition that were captured by the Indians. The colonel informs Quincannon that Indians had inside information about the real contents of the supply transport. The transport was disguised to look as an ordinary supply run but the Indians knew what was in the barrels. The rifles were en route to Fort Smith where Capt. Bell is in charge. Quincannon is also told that an army payroll was taken. Having lived among natives, Quincannon knows they have no use for money. This suggests that someone at Fort Smith might be involved. The colonel asks Quincannon to go there and investigate the matter and possibly retrieve the stolen rifles from the Indians. At the same time, attractive Maylene Mason arrives and asks to see the colonel. She wants to know whether her brother, serving as trooper at Fort Smith, was killed during a patrol. The colonel confirms it but Maylene insists to go to Fort Smith to see for herself. She claims someone there demanded a cash ransom in exchange for her brother who is a hostage of the Indians. The colonel asks Quincannon to take the lady and two assisting officers with him to Fort Smith. He also gives him a letter of authority over all military commands under his jurisdiction. Dressed in civilian clothing, the group sets out for Fort Smith. But to get there it must pass through dangerous Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne territories.

STARS: Tony Martin, Peggie Castle, John Bromfield

83 min | Action, Romance, Western | 1956 | Color

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Actually, a rather good Western: cavalry vs. corrupt palefaces and misled Indians
Most of the objections seem to be that singer and somewhat actor Tony Martin was miscast as the hero of this, and he does seem sleekly cosmopolitan for such a role

It is true the plotline is standard fare - the fort looks VERY familiar :-) - but it is not often that the US Cavalry - Army - itself is accused of corruption, even if it is trying to stop it.

(I myself stopped a battery stealing supply section ring when I was a GI in Ft. Bliss back in 1967, but that was enlisted men, possibly including our sergeant. The GI thieves made a delivery right in front of me and then told me - Presbyterian and for 1 semester a Duty Honor Country West Point plebe - to keep silent about it, which I did NOT :-) , and it was stopped by our warrant officer.

And Tony Martin actually had a similar experience during World War 2. He was kicked out of the Navy, accused of trying to buy an officer's commission.

He denied that and then joined the Army. My USAAF master sergeant dad knew him in East India in the China-Burma-India command, where he sang at bases. He actually got a Bronze Star, maybe for risking his life flying to one of our remote airstrips or over The Hump/Himalayas - very possibly in a transport plane jumped by the Myitkyina Japanese Zeroes.

(Dad also made friends with a kid GI clerk who couldn't type much but played a piano - even missing keys at some airstrips - see Jungle Virtuoso - like nobody had ever heard. After the war, *Leonard Pennario* was welcomed to stay in our house, which he used as his central base for his Midwest concert tours.

Like Leonard, Tony Martin had a very loyal and grateful following of CBI veterans, after the war.)

The single shot carbines vs. Henry repeaters is authentically done, with period-looking pieces.

There were interesting details: an arrow shot with its blade vertical to kill buffalo vs shot horizontal to enter human ribs ... and other things.

Peggie Castle's character seemed to warm up a little too quickly to our hero. At least her brother was confirmed dead instead of being "miraculously" found alive and rescued, but he might have complicated the ending.

After a lot if action, the final outcome is a fascinating legal authority showdown reflecting well on command.