Director: Samuel Fuller

Writer: Samuel Fuller

Keywords: Western, Civil War

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Bronson	Actor	3-Nov-1921	30-Aug-2003	Death Wish
Olive Carey	Actor	31-Jan-1896	13-Mar-1988	Billy the Kid versus Dracula
Frank DeKova	Actor	17-Mar-1910	15-Oct-1981	Chief Wild Eagle on F Troop
Brian Keith	Actor	14-Nov-1921	24-Jun-1997	Uncle Bill on Family Affair
Ralph Meeker	Actor	21-Nov-1920	5-Aug-1988	Kiss Me Deadly
Rod Steiger	Actor	14-Apr-1925	9-Jul-2002	In The Heat of the Night

REVIEWS

Review by Donald L. Meaker (posted on 15-Mar-2005)

This is the movie from which Kevin Costner got his "Dances with Wolves", but Kevin had no use for the trial by ordeal which is the basis of the name of the movie.

A Confederate soldier moves west to get away from the Yankees, and takes up with an indian woman whose husband has died. Settlement by more whites, and US cavalry that secures them brings him to a role as intermediary between the Indians and the newly arrived settlers and soldiers.

Review by anonymous (posted on 2-Jul-2006)

This film is terrific, but in all the reviews the nut of the story is not mentioned. The title is the answer: Steiger and J. C. are allowed to run to the spot where an arrow landed. This is to give them the opportunity to escape the indians. Sure, the torture of Ralph Meeker is shocking by 1950s standards. We didn't have many beheadings back then. The film is one of the true westerns of its time.

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