
Bend of the River(1952)
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...


Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, Pickett and Keane double-cross each other somewhere along the line, weakening their ability to foment an all-out Indian attack.

Rod Cameron
Tom Clay

Jane Nigh
Ann Pickett

Morris Ankrum
Arthur Pickett

Douglas Kennedy
George Keane

John Ridgely
Henry Travers

William Phipps
Nathan Goodspeed

Myron Healey
Martin Christensen

I. Stanford Jolley
Sam Winfield

Lane Bradford
Rawlins - Henchman

Dorothy Adams
Mrs. Winfield
Fort Osage is a western film released in 1952 exploring themes of missouri, warpath, osage indian. Directed by Lesley Selander, it stars Rod Cameron, Jane Nigh, Morris Ankrum. Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, Pickett and Keane double-cross each other somewhere along the line, weakening their ability to foment an all-out Indian attack.
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