Search - Battles of Chief Pontiac on DVD

Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1952 DVD Release: 10/07/2003 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 12 mins Studio: Alpha Video Total Copies: 1 Genres: Western, Period Film, Indian Western

Some sources have indicated that Battles of Chief Pontiac was originally intended as the pilot for a TV series. Erstwhile Tarzan Lex Barker stars as 18th-century frontiersman Kent McIntyre, while Lon Chaney Jr. essays the title role of Chief Pontiac. On behalf of the British, McIntyre tries to negotiate a peace treaty with Pontiac, who is understandably wary of white-man promises. Sure enough, a fierce anti-Indian policy is placed into effect when McIntyre's commanding officer is replaced by bigoted Hessian colonel Von Weber (played with Fuehrer-like intensity by Berry Kroeger). Practicing a particularly insidious form of genocide, Von Weber tries to decimate the Indians with smallpox-infested blankets. Eventually, the cruel commandant is hoist on his own petard, and peace is restored for awhile. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Lex Barker - Kent McIntire
Helen Westcott - Winifred Lancester
Lon Chaney, Jr. - Chief Pontiac
Berry Kroeger - Col. Von Weber
Roy Roberts - Maj. Gladwin