Macdonald Carey guest stars in this Wagon Train story playing an American
Indian scout who Ward Bond knew from the Civil War. Scouting for General
Sherman's army, Carey won a few medals in service and was also given a plot
of land to farm. He's going west with wife Joy Page and their infant son.
Unfortunately Carey's run into a lot of prejudice on other trains, but when Ward Bond finds him broke down on the trail he says he's welcome on his Wagon Train anytime.
Still even with Bond's support Carey still faces a lot of doubters.
Looking at the makeup he used for the part, Macdonald Carey looks every bit the spitting image of Robert Taylor in his western Devil's Doorway where Taylor plays a Shoshone Indian who scouted for the Union Army. Things work a bit better for Carey than they did for Taylor in his film.
There's a fine performance from Edith Evanson who plays a grandmother who lost her daughter and grandchild to fever. The sight of a mother with a new born just awakens her motherly instincts and she's not caring that they are not white.
This one's a good one.
Unfortunately Carey's run into a lot of prejudice on other trains, but when Ward Bond finds him broke down on the trail he says he's welcome on his Wagon Train anytime.
Still even with Bond's support Carey still faces a lot of doubters.
Looking at the makeup he used for the part, Macdonald Carey looks every bit the spitting image of Robert Taylor in his western Devil's Doorway where Taylor plays a Shoshone Indian who scouted for the Union Army. Things work a bit better for Carey than they did for Taylor in his film.
There's a fine performance from Edith Evanson who plays a grandmother who lost her daughter and grandchild to fever. The sight of a mother with a new born just awakens her motherly instincts and she's not caring that they are not white.
This one's a good one.
