Navajo (1952)
3.1 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 10min
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- Synopsis:
"Navajo" was one of a group of intelligent "chamber" westerns turned out by Lippert productions in the 1950's. Technically, it's not a western at all, but what would later be termed a "docudrama". Shot on location at a Navajo Indian Reservation, the film features nonprofessional Native Americans in the major roles. Francis Kee Teller plays Son of the Hunter, a young Navajo boy who is separated from his family so that he may be given his government-dictated mandatory education. Disdaining the "white" world, Teller runs from his instructors. The two tenderfeet find themselves in a perilous situation, from which the savvy Teller must rescue them. One of the teachers is played by Hall Bartlett, the producer of Navajo (and, parenthetically, the then-husband of actress Rhonda Fleming). - Actors:
- Francis Kee Teller, John Mitchell, Mrs. Kee Teller, Billy Draper, Hall Bartlett, Virgil Miller, Cozy McSparron, Eloise Teller, Linda Teller
- Directors:
- Norman Foster
- Narrated By:
- Sammy Ogg
- Writers:
- Norman Foster
- Others:
- Virgil E. Miller
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Documentary, Drama, Special Interest
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch If You Like: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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