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1952 filmsEnglish-language films1950s adventure filmsAmerican filmsAmerican Western (genre) films20th Century Fox filmsFilms scored by Alex NorthFilms set in the Canadian PrairiesFilms shot in Arizona1950s Western (genre) filmsFilms based on actual eventsFilms based on short fictionRoyal Canadian Mounted Police in fictionNorthern filmsFilms directed by Joseph M. Newman
TechnicolorNorthernWesternSedona, ArizonaNorth-West Mounted PoliceConstableTyrone PowerblackmailedBlackfootThomas GomezCreeTreaty 6The CrownFata MorganamirageQueen VictoriaRobert HortonPenny EdwardsAnthony Earl NumkenaRichard BooneFrank deKovaMichael RennieGolden GlobeEarl Hollimantechnical advisorNative AmericanNipo T. StrongheartCree peopleNavajoMedicine ManTyrone Power Sr.
| Pony Soldier | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Joseph M. Newman |
| Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
| Screenplay by | John C. Higgins |
| Based on | Mounted Patrol 1951 story in The Saturday Evening Post by Garnett Weston |
| Starring | Tyrone Power Robert Horton Penny Edwards Thomas Gomez Cameron Mitchell |
| Narrated by | Michael Rennie Tyrone Power |
| Music by | Alex North |
| Cinematography | Harry Jackson |
| Edited by | John W. McCafferty |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.65 million (US rentals)[1] |
Pony Soldier is a 1952 Technicolor Northern Western set in Canada but filmed in Sedona, Arizona. It is based on a 1951 Saturday Evening Post story "Mounted Patrol" by Garnett Weston. It was retitled MacDonald of the Canadian Mounties in Britain and The Last Arrow in France and Spain.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 References
5 External links
Plot
In 1876, the North-West Mounted Police send Constable Duncan MacDonald (Tyrone Power) and a blackmailed Blackfoot scout (Thomas Gomez) to get the Cree to sign Treaty 6 with The Crown. Initially hostile, the Cree are influenced by a Fata Morgana type mirage that they mistake for the power of Queen Victoria.
In addition to negotiating with the Cree, MacDonald of the Mounted rescues white hostages (Robert Horton and Penny Edwards) arrests a murderer, and adopts a Cree son (Anthony Earl Numkena).
Cast
Tyrone Power as Constable Duncan MacDonald
Cameron Mitchell as Konah
Thomas Gomez as Natayo Smith
Penny Edwards as Emerald Neeley
Robert Horton as Jess Calhoun
Anthony Earl Numkena as Comes Running
Adeline De Walt Reynolds as White Moon
Stuart Randall as Standing Bear
Howard Petrie as Inspector Frazer
Included in the cast were Richard Boone and Frank deKova with ending narration by Michael Rennie. Golden Globe winning actor Earl Holliman made his film debut in this playing an uncredited role[2].
Production
Director Newman originally scouted locations in Montana but finding nothing he thought suitable, the film was made in Sedona, Arizona.[3] During development of the project, technical advisor on Native American issues, Nipo T. Strongheart, wrote a critical review of the proposed screenplay, even though other departments of the studio had begun work on it. This led to a meeting with studio executives which, though he described it as feeling like he was called to the principal's office, led to a major reconstruction of the whole project.[4][5] Strongheart worked with the Cree people and their language, and coached non-Indian and Indian actors throughout the movie. During the filming at Sedona, production was interrupted by snowstorms and the flash of a nuclear weapon tested 300 miles away in Nevada.[6] The producers recruited 450 Navajo to play Cree when large numbers were needed. Strongheart, who also plays a Medicine Man in the film) also toured to promote the movie.[4][7] Strongheart had appeared in the film Braveheart with Tyrone Power Sr.[4][7]
References
^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
^ https://www.famemoose.com/earl-holliman/movies
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^ abc Strongheart, Nipo T. (Autumn 1954). "History in Hollywood". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 38 (1): 10–16, 41–46. JSTOR 4632754.
^ Joanna Hearne (25 January 2013). Native Recognition: Indigenous Cinema and the Western. SUNY Press. pp. 78, 107. ISBN 978-1-4384-4399-7.
^ p.99 Heidinger, Lisa, Trevillyan, Janeen, Sedona Historical Society Sedona 2007 Arcadia Publishing
^ ab "Film Actor works with Ty Jr, now". The Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Aug 31, 1952. p. 4. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
External links
Pony Soldier at the TCM Movie Database
Pony Soldier on IMDb
Pony Soldier at AllMovie
Pony Soldier at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Filming at Sedona
The New York Times review
