Saskatchewan (1954)

Director
Raoul Walsh

Main cast
Alan Ladd; Shelley Winters; J. Carrol Naish; Hugh O'Brian; Robert Douglas

Genres
Western

Description
Alan Ladd and Jay Silverheels (television's Tonto) are blood brothers whose bonds are tested when marauding Sioux Indians cross the border to enlist the peaceful Cree in a battle against the Great White Father.


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