SYNOPSICS
The Half-Breed (1952) is a English movie. Stuart Gilmore,Edward Ludwig has directed this movie. Robert Young,Janis Carter,Jack Buetel,Barton MacLane are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1952. The Half-Breed (1952) is considered one of the best Western movie in India and around the world.
It's just after the Civil War and Frank Crawford it trying to start an Indian war so the Indians will be thrown off the reservation and he can then claim the millions in gold contained there. Dan Craig, a wandering gambler, arrives and meets the half-breed Apache Charlie Wolf. The two become friends and for a while they are able to prevent trouble. But when Crawford murders Charlie's half sister, Charlie rebels and an Indian uprising appears imminent.
The Half-Breed (1952) Reviews
Apache gold strikes interest.
Indians, gold-seekers and dance hall girls liven this hackneyed saga of a selfish politician trying to start an uprising in order to get to the gold on Apache land. Very good scenery and strong cast; but the story is too predictable. The players include: Robert Young, Janis Carter, Jack Buetel and Reed Hadley.
Lamentable
There is a passage in the Shakespeare play " A Midsummer Night's Dream "that refers to the imaginary play of Pyramus and Thisby as being both " brief and tedious" .It would serve well as a description of this quite awful piece of garbage from the early 50's as well . The eponymous hero is Charley Wolf who is part white and part Apache and who seeks to maintain the existing uneasy peace between the two races in San Remo .He is helped by a former Confederate officer ,turned gambler (Robert Young ).The local Indian agent is a devious and corrupt individual who is seeking to get the Apaches evicted from their reservation in order to get at the gold which lies hidden there .The relationship between Wolf and his ally is shattered by their competing for the affections of the same girl -a saloon singer . The script is dire and the acting woeful ;in particular the slow and over emphatic delivery of the white actors playing Native Americans is tedious .Young -a capable enough player in other movies -looks out of sorts in the Western setting. Add muddy colour and a clichéd script and the result is racist tedium and unrelenting dullness .
"Breed" isn't the word
Poorly acted drama about Robert Young -- doing a badly acted William Powell impression -- coming between Janis Carter, doing a bad Lucille Ball imitation and Reed Hadley doing a surprisingly awful Charlton Heston imitation. Beautiful location shots don't do anything towards rescuing this picture. Not even awful enough to be interesting.
Half-baked
Jack Buetel's career never really took off after the "scandalous" "gay" western "the outlaw" ,where he was outstripped by Jane Russel,who became a true star .When he returned ,he was given uninteresting parts:for instance,in "best of the badmen" ,probably the best of the lot,he had to play the youngster opposite seasoned actors such as Robert Ryan and Claire Trevor and he was not able to shine,being already too old for this kind of role. I was expecting more of "the half-breed" .What a disappointment!Whereas the subject could have been interesting(the man torn between the White and the Indians),the screenwriters made of mess of it ,with a desultory script,mixing gambling,songs in the saloon which are mostly filler, love rivalry,male friendship,and Charley's sister who appears just to be raped(?) and killed . Like this? Try this..... "The savage" (Marshall,1952,star. Charlton Heston)