War Paint

War Paint (1953)

Outdoor adventure that thunders across the screen!

An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.

Date of release
1953-08-28
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Western, Adventure, War
Director
Lesley Selander

Casting

Interesting facts

War Paint is a 1953 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Robert Stack and Joan Taylor. A U.S. Cavalry lieutenant is assigned to deliver a peace treaty to a powerful Indian chief, but two Indians have vowed to kill the officer before he completes his mission.

Production

War Paint was the first film of Howard W. Koch and Aubrey Schenck's Bel-Air Productions, who were initially signed to do three films for United Artists. As Schenck was then under contract to RKO Pictures, he did not have his name on the screenplay credits, though he initially wrote the story. Schenck recalled that when it looked as though the film financing wouldn't come in on time, Robert Stack offered to provide the money himself.

The initial draft of the screenplay featured a mercy killing to which the Production Code of America objected.

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