Indian Agent (film)

Indian Agent
Indian Agent
Directed by	Lesley Selander
Written by	Norman Houston
Produced by	Herman Schlom
Starring	Tim Holt; Noah Beery Jr.
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 11, 1948 (U.S.);
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Indian Agent is a 1948 Western film starring Tim Holt.

Plot

A cowboy tries to convince Indians not to go on the warpath due to the activities of a corrupt Indian agent.^[2]

Background

The film was finished in May 1948.^[3] It was released in December 1948 on a double bill with He Walked By Night.^[4]

Significance

The so-called A Westerns are often credited with the major break throughs in movie making culture. So we often overlook the significance of the so-called B Westerns. A good example. Any Western Movie fan knows that the July 1950 released A Western Broken Arrow (1950 film) pioneered early attempts to bring a more positive pro-aboriginal or pro-indigenous perspective to the USA's early peoples. However, with this earlier movie filmed in May 1948, Writer Norman Houston, Producer Herman Schlom, and the All-Time Movie Volume Western Movie Director Lesley Selander, advanced "the goal posts" even closer to that date in July 1950 with this December 1948 released B Western movie which portrayed the USA's earliest people in a more positive light.

References

^ "Indian Agent: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p230
^ The (June 15, 1948). "News of the Screen". Christian Science Monitor. p. 4.
^ Scheuer, Philip K. (November 25, 1948). "Manhunt Kxcitingly Pictured". Los Angeles Times. p. B11.

External list

Indian Agent at IMDb
Review of film at Variety

This 1940s Western film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to an American film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Indian Agent: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 10, 2014.

[rko_story-2] Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p230

[3] The (June 15, 1948). "News of the Screen". Christian Science Monitor. p. 4.

[4] Scheuer, Philip K. (November 25, 1948). "Manhunt Kxcitingly Pictured". Los Angeles Times. p. B11.

[1]