Im Tal des Verderbens (1953)

Im Tal des Verderbens: Directed by Lesley Selander. With Robert Stack, Joan Taylor, Charles McGraw, Keith Larsen. An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.

“War Paint casts Robert Stack as a cavalry lieutenant with a mission to deliver a peace treaty, presumably a draft to the Indians. With Sergeant Charles McGraw, Stack leads a patrol to deliver said peace treaty. The chiefu0026#39;s son Keith Larsen is to guide them through the rough desert country, but Larsen and his sister Joan Taylor have their own mission. They actually donu0026#39;t believe the white manu0026#39;s peace treaty, thereu0026#39;s such an incredible track record on the subject and theyu0026#39;re going to sabotage the mission.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSuch stalwart characters actors as John Doucette, Robert J. Wilke, Peter Graves, Douglas Kennedy, and Paul Richards make up some of the patrol. When the water is sabotaged and the discipline breaks down the cast starts dying off for one reason or another.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI do have to say though why no one thought better of the fact that Keith Larsen was in War Paint as he started the mission Iu0026#39;m a bit perplexed at the writers for that. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWar Paint gets pretty ugly at times as the men go off their nuts for lack of water and an abundance of heat. Itu0026#39;s a gritty no frill western with great cinematography from Death Valley. It could have been a whole lot better though.”