Wuchak
A flawed, but exceptional Cavalry vs. Indians Western from the early 50s
A vengeful former officer (Edmond OBrien) joins the 7th Cavalry in order to track down those responsible for his wifes death years earlier with everything leading to a showdown with the Sioux and events surrounding the Little Bighorn debacle. Forrest Tucker plays his sergeant, Polly Bergen a romantic interest and Dean Jagger her shopkeeper father. James Millican convincingly plays General Custer.
The plot of Warpath (1951) was ripped-off by writer Frank Gruber from Ernest Haycoxs novel Bugles in the Afternoon, which was made into an inferior stage-bound Western the year after this one (with Tucker in the same role, interestingly enough).
OBrien is certa...