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Tomahawk

Tomahawk

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 5, 1951

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Western

User Score

66%

Original Title

Tomahawk

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Director

George Sherman

Description

In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road and fort in territory ceded by previous treaty to the Sioux...to the disgust of frontier scout Jim Bridger, whose Cheyenne wife led him to see the conflict from both sides. The powder-keg situation needs only a spark to bring war, and violent bigots like Lieut. Rob Dancy are all too likely to provide this. Meanwhile, Bridger's chance of preventing catastrophe is dimmed by equally wrenching personal conflicts. Unusually accurate historically.