Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)

Sensitive To Native American History


Lon Chaney Jr plays Chief Pontiac. A real man in history. This film shows the Native American history in the right light - sensitive to them while showing the brutality of "white man". The disagreements, peace talks, diseases, Native American way of life etc.. are all shown in this one film. The story is a good one.

The movie may not be 100% accurate to real history - I know it isn't - but it tries to it in a favorable light and they succeeded in my book.

Chaney is good - I realize that not everyone will agree but he has played Native American roles before and has always given a sincere performance.

8/10



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