Pillars of the Sky

Directed by George Marshall
Not Rated
1956    1h 35mWestern, Action
6.25.4
In 1868 Oregon, after the Army violates the treaty by building a road across the reservation, several tribal chiefs decide to unite their forces against the trespassing whites.

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  • Jeff ChandlerFirst Sgt. Emmett Bell
  • Dorothy MaloneCalla Gaxton
  • Ward BondDr. Joseph Holden
  • Keith AndesCapt. Tom Gaxton
  • Lee MarvinSgt. Lloyd Carracart
  • Sydney ChaplinTimothy
  • Willis BoucheyCol. Edson Stedlow
  • Michael AnsaraKamiakin
  • Olive CareyMrs. Anne Avery
  • Charles HorvathSgt. Dutch Williams
  • Orlando RodríguezMalachi
  • Glen KramerLt. Winston
  • Floyd SimmonsLt. Hammond
  • Pat HoganJacob
  • Felix NoriegoLucas
  • Paul SmithMorgan
  • Martin MilnerWaco
  • Robert EllisAlbie
  • Ralph VotrianMusic
  • Walter CoyMaj. Donahue
  • Mister ArnMay 23, 2025
    Lots of standard western plot points, broken treaty, love triangle, higher-ups out of touch with local problems, captured white women, and of course, the surrounded cavalry unit. The idea that all that hate and distrust ended with one fair speech was too much for me.

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