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Walk the Proud Land is a 1956 American CinemaScope Technicolor Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Audie Murphy and future Academy Award winner Anne Bancroft.
With Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley, Charles Drake. An agent sent from Washington in 1874 takes charge of an Apache reservation and has the oppressive US Army back off, which creates conflicts and causes the Indians to have great respect for him.
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Jul 5, 2015 · Upon reaching the reservation, Clum has the Apache leaders freed from chains, orders the cavalry platoon off the land, then has the Apaches form their own police force. Later, he even arms the Indians — to the dismay of local whites — so they can hunt their own meat.
Walk the Proud Land. Based on a true story, this film follows John Philip Clum (Audie Murphy), a government official sent to Arizona to broker peace between the...
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Walk the Proud Land - (Original Trailer) A government agent (Audie Murphy) tries to treat the Apaches with respect in Walk the Proud Land (1956).
Clum is an Indian agent sent to the San Carlos Apache reservation in Arizona in 1874 to prevent further bloodshed and stop the renegade chief Geronimo (Jay Silverheels) from encouraging young Indian braves to take up their weapons and fight once more.
Overview. Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft) given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to automomy.
Synopsis. Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft) given to him as housekeeper.
Walk the Proud Land is the true story of Indian agent John Philip Clum, as set down on paper by Clum's son. The film begins in 1874, as Clum, an Eastern government representative, arrives in San Carlos, Arizona.
