Pillars of the Sky
The story of a people's faith and the courage of a man they called Godless!
Genres
Overview
First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$1500000
Runtime
95 min
Release Date
1956-09-14
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
14
Vote Average
5.5
Jeff Chandler
First Sgt. Emmett Bell
Dorothy Malone
Calla Gaxton
Ward Bond
Dr. Joseph Holden
Keith Andes
Capt. Tom Gaxton
Lee Marvin
Sgt. Lloyd Carracart
Sydney Chaplin
Timothy
Willis Bouchey
Col. Edson Stedlow
Michael Ansara
Kamiakin
Olive Carey
Mrs. Anne Avery
Charles Horvath
Sgt. Dutch Williams
Orlando Rodríguez
Malachi
Glen Kramer
Lt. Winston
Floyd Simmons
Lt. Hammond
Pat Hogan
Jacob
Felix Noriego
Lucas
Paul Smith
Morgan
Martin Milner
Waco
Robert Ellis
Albie
Ralph Votrian
Music
Walter Coy
Maj. Donahue
Alberto Morin
Sgt. Maj. Frenchy Desmonde
Richard Hale
Isaiah
Frank De Kova
Zachariah
Terry Wilson
Capt. Fanning
Philip Kieffer
Maj. Randall
Gilbert Conner
Elijah
6.8
Manitou's Shoe
Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly.
2001-07-11 | de
6.3
Frontier Hellcat
Outlaws disguised as Indians commit crimes against settlers but Winnetou and Old Surehand are determined to unmask the bandits and keep the peace.
1964-12-08 | de
6.1
Apache
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.
1954-07-09 | en
7.0
Ulzana's Raid
After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
1972-10-27 | en
7.2
The Man from Laramie
Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
1955-08-19 | en
0.0
Along the Mohawk Trail
Two episodes of the 1957 TV series "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans" edited together and released as a feature.
1957-01-01 | en
6.3
Rampage at Apache Wells
'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Western Arizona Bank'. He sells the bank oil wells at Shelly Lake that do actually not exist. The Oilprince learns that the colonists would like to settle at Shelly Lake. So The Oilprince exchanges the scout of the settlers by one of his minions to give them another route. But soon The Oilprince has to recognize that he has not counted on Winnetou, the righteous leader of the Apaches, and his blood brother Old Surehand.
1965-08-25 | de
6.3
The Missing
When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.
2003-11-26 | en
5.4
Southwest Passage
As the Cavalry tests the viability of bringing camels to US deserts, a surveyor, Arab drivers, and fugitive bank robbers confront Apaches and thirst. Originally filmed in 3-D
1954-04-01 | en
6.6
Major Dundee
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
1965-03-15 | en
6.3
Geronimo: An American Legend
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
1993-12-10 | en
6.3
Rio Conchos
Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.
1964-10-28 | en
6.9
The Desperado Trail
Rollins' gang wants to grab land by inciting the settlers in a war against the Indians but Winnetou and Old Shatterhand try to keep the peace, until Rollins frames Winnetou up for the murder of Jicarilla Chief's son.
1965-10-14 | de
7.0
Treasure of Silver Lake
Fred Engel's father is murdered by Colonel Brinkley in order to acquire a treasure map, however the Colonel only acquires half of it, the other half as held by Mrs. Butler. Discovering the scene of the crime, Old Shatterhand and Winnetou help Fred bring his father's murderer to justice and locate the treasure of Silver Lake.
1962-12-12 | de
6.2
Indian Uprising
It's 1885 in Arizona and an Army Captain has dispersed his troops to keep the whites off of Government land thereby keeping the peace with the Apaches. But there are those in Tucson that want the miners back looking for gold and they put pressure on officials in Washington. Soon a new commander arrives, the troops are recalled, and the miners go after gold. Whites then kill a miner with an arrow so they can attack the Indians hoping the troops wipe them out when they retaliate.
1952-01-02 | en
6.1
Day of the Evil Gun
Two men on a desperate search to save a woman only one of them could have!
1968-03-01 | en
7.1
Hombre
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
1967-03-21 | en
6.3
Duel at Diablo
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.
1966-06-15 | en
6.6
Hondo
Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.
1953-11-26 | en
6.9
Apache Gold
The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.
1963-12-11 | de