They Rode West (1954) DVD-R

Starring Robert Francis, Donna Reed, May Wynn, Philip Carey, Onslow
Stevens
Directed by Phil Karlson

Print: color
Runtime: 84 min.
Genre: western
Print Quality: B

Dr. Allen Seward (Robert Francis)is assigned to a western cavalry post
where his predecessors had been drunks and slackers. The post doesn't
take kindly to him either, especially after he disregards regulations and
tends to sick Indians on the malaria-infested reservation. The Indians
break away from the reservation to move to a healthier higher ground,
and when they join with the Comanches to besiege the fort, Seward is
branded as a "woodhawk", the bird that turns against its own. Donna
Reed is present as the niece of the post commander; Phil Carey is a
cavalry captain that believes the only good Indian is a dead Indian, and
May Wynn (who shared a screen debut with Francis in "The Caine
Mutiny)is the white girl raised by the Indians and married to the chief's
son. Francis would make only two more films before being killed in a 1955
plane crash.