Battles of Chief Pontiac

In pre-Revolutionary America, the efforts of a Colonial officer trying to broker a peace deal between Indian chief Pontiac and British and American settlers are threatened by the commander of a Hessian mercenary unit who embarks on a campaign of extermination against the Indians.

Cast

Lex Barker

as Lt. Kent McIntire

Helen Westcott

as Winifred Lancaster

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Chief Pontiac

Berry Kroeger

as Col. von Weber

Roy Roberts

as Maj. Gladwin

Larry Chance

as Hawkbill

Katherine Warren

as Chia

Ramsay Hill

as Gen. Sir Jeffrey Amherst

Guy Teague

as Von Weber's aide

James Fairfax

as Guardhouse sentry

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