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5.0 out of 5 stars
I love Audie Murphy's movies, and this is one of the best!, January 3, 1999
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This review is from: Walk the Proud Land [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Have you seen this video? If not, you really need to see it! It's great!! Honorable Audie Murphy is going to help govern the Apaches on a reservation. He gets to the reservation, and finds the chiefs chained up. He sets them free, sends the Army away, and gains the Indians' respect. And one Indian's love. The love of Teona, an Indian woman, is his for the taking. But he already has a fiance, back home in the east. Who will he choose? And when Geronimo comes to recruit Indians for his raids, will it destroy the whole village? This is a really good movie, with a perfect ending.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Walk the Proud Land (1956) ... Audie Murphy ... Jesse Hibbs (Director) (1997)", June 20, 2011
This review is from: Walk the Proud Land [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Universal International Pictures presents "WALK THE PROUD LAND" (1956) (89 min/Color) -- Starring Audie Murphy, Ann Bancroft, Pat Crowley, Charles Drake, Tommy Rall, Robert Warwick & Jay Silverheels
Directed by Jesse Hibbs
In 1874 John Philip Clum (Audie Murphy), an Eastern government representative, arrives in San Carlos, Arizona with the intention to uphold the peace between the settlers and the Apaches, and to encourage a form of self-government among the Indians. Realizing that he can never hope for cooperation from the Apaches so long as renegade warrior Geronimo (Jay Silverheels) is at large, Clum determines to negotiate the surrender of Geronimo - and he intends to do it alone.
Two leading ladies give outstanding performances Pat Crowley who plays Audie's eastern fiancé and Anne Bancroft who is the spectacularly beautiful Indian widow who has eyes for Murphy.
Walk the Proud Land, which is the true story of Indian agent John Philip Clum, as set down on paper by Clum's son,
Scores with strong characterizations and well-crafted script work from Gil Doud who also wrote Murphy's To Hell and Back (1955) and Alan Ladd's Saskatchewan (1954).
A nice tribute to a real western figure, Walk the Proud Land is definitely one of Audie Murphy's better westerns from his home studio Universal.
BIOS:
1. Jesse Hibbs (Director)
Date of Birth: 11 January 1906 - Normal, Illinois
Date of Death: 4 February 1985 - Ojai, California
2. Audie Murphy [aka: Audie Leon Murphy]
Date of Birth: 20 June 1924 - Kingston, Texas
Date of Death: 28 May 1971 - near Roanoke, Virginia
3. Anne Bancroft [aka: Anna Maria Louise Italiano]
Date of Birth: 17 September 1931 - The Bronx, New York
Date of Death: 6 June 2005 - New York City, New York
4. Pat Crowley
Date of Birth: 17 September 1933 - Olyphant, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Death: Still Living
5. Charles Drake [aka: Charles Rupert]
Date of Birth: 2 October 1917 - New York City, New York
Date of Death: 10 September 1994 - East Lyme, Connecticut
6. Jay Silverheels [aka: Harold J. Smith]
Date of Birth: 26 May 1912 - Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death: 5 March 1980 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 89 min on DVD/VHS ~ Universal International Pictures (UI) ~ (June 10, 1997)
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