The Savage (1952) DVD-R

Starring Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor,
Richard Rober, Don Porter, Ted de Corsia, Ian MacDonald
Directed by George Marshall

Print: color
Runtime: 95 min.
Genre: western
Print Quality: B

The Paramount publicity department had a field day heralding the news
that Charlton Heston portrays a Native American named "Warbonnet" in
The Savage. Actually the ad campaign was a bit of a cheat, since Heston
turns out to be a white man raised by the Sioux. The crisis comes when
hostilities break out between the whites and the Indians, forcing Heston
to question his loyalties. The script tries to be equitable, but the Indians
lose out again. Ironically, one year after starring in The Savage, Charlton
Heston played an Indian-hating government agent in Arrowhead.