Western
This film is based on a true story of an Irish baby brought up by the Colorado Apaches. When a group of outlaws attack and destroy a wagon train, the only survivor gives birth to a baby, whom the Indian chief, White Bear brings up as his son and calls him Shining Sky. Shining Sky grows up with the chief's son Black Wolf and by a stroke of fate kills his best friend and brother. Overcome by grief he leaves and goes to live in the world of white men but decides to go back to the world of his youth, leaving an enemy, Redeath, behind him whom he is destined to meet again and again.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Wagon Master
Fort Apache
Geronimo: An American Legend
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
The Return of a Man Called Horse
The Invaders
Devil's Doorway
Garden of Evil
40 Guns to Apache Pass
The Battle at Apache Pass
Susannah of the Mounties
Hombre
The Mystic Warrior
In Old Oklahoma
Dances with Wolves
The Burrowers
Renegade
Showdown at Williams Creek
Miracle in the Wilderness
Old Shatterhand
SIMILAR MOVIES
Wagon Master
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 1950
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.Fort Apache
IMDB 7 | May , 1948
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.Geronimo: An American Legend
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1993
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1958
English gunsmith Jonathon Tibbs travels to the American West in the 1880s to sell firearms to the locals. He inadvertently acquires a reputation of quickness on the draw due to his wrist mounted Derringer style weapon. Soon gaining the post of sheriff, he endeavours to clean up the town using what skills he has—and by multilateral diplomacy.The Return of a Man Called Horse
IMDB 5.7 | Jun , 1976
Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West, and the Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the their land only to discover that they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. Led by Horse, they fight to repossess their land.The Invaders
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2023
A pregnant pioneer woman and her family meet a supernatural fate after breaking from their wagon train to California and ignoring a series of ominous dreams.Devil's Doorway
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 1950
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.Garden of Evil
IMDB 6.1 | Jul , 1954
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.40 Guns to Apache Pass
IMDB 5.1 | May , 1967
The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defend them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment of rifles, but it's stolen by greedy white traders with the help of mutinous soldiersThe Battle at Apache Pass
IMDB 6.4 | May , 1952
Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically ambitious Indian agent Neil Baylor who sets up a false attack, and the abduction of a local farmer's son. While Colton is away investigating the matter, Baylor convinces Lieutenant Bascom that Cochise's band is to blame, and incites him to lead an expedition against the Apache band to return the boy.Susannah of the Mounties
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 1939
This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by Canadian Mountie Angus Montague (Randolph Scott) and his girlfriend, Vicky (Margaret Lockwood). The couple takes Susannah under their wing and soon learn that having a precocious child around can come in handy; when the Indians return, the girl uses her charm to broker peace.Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in...Hombre
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1967
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.The Mystic Warrior
IMDB 2.5 | May , 1984
Saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors.In Old Oklahoma
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1943
Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.Dances with Wolves
IMDB 7.8 | Mar , 1990
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.The Burrowers
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 2008
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.Renegade
IMDB 4.8 | Feb , 2004
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny.Showdown at Williams Creek
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1991
True story of a former British soldier on trial for murder in the 19th century Northwest.Miracle in the Wilderness
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 1991
While being pursued by the U.S. Cavalry, Indians and the white family they have kidnapped learn about each other.Old Shatterhand
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 1964
Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.