Saskatschewan (1954)

Saskatschewan: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, J. Carrol Naish, Hugh O’Brian. In 1877 Western Canada, a police inspector revolts against his inept commander, taking a safer route to the U.S. border in order to stop invading hostile Indians.

“Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse vacationed in Banff. There are snow capped mountains surrounding Fort Walsh in SW Saskatchewan. The Mounties had a gun battle with the Sioux, leaving many dead on both sides. You can travel by canoe from the Rockies to Fort Walsh in a day (quite a feat considering itu0026#39;s hundreds of miles, and thereu0026#39;s no river).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s all good. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIndian scouts making jungle calls to each other at night. Mighty Alan Ladd slaying men left and right, winning the heart of the beautiful woman, and never having to raise his voice or change it from a flat, dull monotone. Thatu0026#39;s the kind of men the Mounties were made of.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBest of all, Shelley Winters in a low cut dress, six gun in hand explaining u0026quot;I was on my way to Battleford!u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e10/10”