Indian Agent (film)

Indian Agent
Directed by	Lesley Selander
Written by	Norman Houston
Produced by	Herman Schlom
Starring	Tim Holt Noah Beery Jr.
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 11, 1948 (1948-12-11) (U.S.)[1]
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Indian Agent is a 1948 Western film starring Tim Holt.

Plot

A cowboy tries to convince Indians not to go on the warpath due to the activities of a corrupt Indian agent.[2]

Background

The film was finished in May 1948.[3] It was released in December 1948 on a double bill with He Walked By Night.[4]

Significance

The so-called A Westerns are often credited with the major break throughs in movie making culture. So we often overlook the significance of the so-called B Westerns. A good example. Any Western Movie fan knows that the July 1950 released A Western Broken Arrow (1950 film) pioneered early attempts to bring a more positive pro-aboriginal or pro-indigenous perspective to the USA's early peoples. However, with this earlier movie filmed in May 1948, Writer Norman Houston, Producer Herman Schlom, and the All-Time Movie Volume Western Movie Director Lesley Selander, advanced "the goal posts" even closer to that date in July 1950 with this December 1948 released B Western movie which portrayed the USA's earliest people in a more positive light.

References

1. "Indian Agent: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
2. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p230
3. The (June 15, 1948). "News of the Screen". Christian Science Monitor. p. 4.
4. Scheuer, Philip K. (November 25, 1948). "Manhunt Kxcitingly Pictured". Los Angeles Times. p. B11.

External list

• Indian Agent at IMDb
• Review of film at Variety