Audie Murphy Western that starts off fairly ordinarily with a tale of poor old Indians being blamed for the death of a prospector when it was white folks who done it... then picks up a level when the US Civil War is about to start and pesky Confederates try to whip up Indian trouble so they can exploit it for the South. It's not one of his best Westerns but it's still pretty entertaining with plenty of action towards the end and a decent story.
Joan Evans isn't much as the love interest but there's Dennis Weaver as an old Indian (!) friend of Murphy's, and Ray Collins as a copperhead. Murphy is a real old liberal in this - he's very pro-Indian because his dad organised an Indian massacre and despite his Texan accent he is strongly pro-union.
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