Devil's Doorway (1950)

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Directed by

Anthony Mann

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Robert Taylor
Lance Poole

Louis Calhern
Verne Coolan

Paula Raymond
Orrie Masters

Marshall Thompson
Rod MacDougall

James Mitchell
Red Rock

Edgar Buchanan
Zeke Carmody

Rhys Williams
Scotty MacDougall

Spring Byington
Mrs. Masters

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Description: Directed in shadow-etched, expressionist style by Anthony Mann, this groundbreaking revisionist western was one of the first Hollywood films to portray Native Americans with empathy and complexity, despite its casting of a white lead in a Native role. Shoshone tribesman and Civil War hero Lance Poole (Robert Taylor) returns home with a Congressional Medal of Honor on his chest and a saddlebag full of dreams about prospering as a cattleman on his family’s land. Instead, he finds the white Americans he fought for scheming to take over his property. When the legal system proves unjust, Poole vows to defend his people—even if it ... (more)

Release date: 15 September 1950

Tags: 1950 (2), Drama (1), Western (1), Native Americans (1), Medal Of Honor (1), Ranchers (1), Shoshone (1), Indian Played By White Man (1), MGM Studios (1)

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" Robert Taylor as Lance Poole "...The Civil War may be over back East, but prejudice still rules the West. A full-blooded Shoshone Indian named Lance Poole distinguished himself in the war, winning the Medal of Honor, only to return home to Medicine Bow, Wyoming, to something a far cry from a hero's welcome."(Wikipedia)"