Yes, an extremely violent outing and not one that I would recommend, even though it is now available on a DVD of really excellent quality.
Indeed the very excellence of the DVD, drives home the terror the early settlers faced from marauding Indians who had no desire to live in peace with the white man but were determined to wipe him out.
Fortunately, the acting is none too convincing. I say "fortunately" because some of the events are so blood thirsty, they would be hard to take if their surroundings were too real.
It's also fortunate that Bruce Bennett is only moderately convincing as Daniel Boone and that Lon Chaney is even less acceptable as the Indian chief.
The movie has two directors. I imagine that one of them did the ho-hum studio scenes and the other all the frisky on-location, action footage.
Indeed the very excellence of the DVD, drives home the terror the early settlers faced from marauding Indians who had no desire to live in peace with the white man but were determined to wipe him out.
Fortunately, the acting is none too convincing. I say "fortunately" because some of the events are so blood thirsty, they would be hard to take if their surroundings were too real.
It's also fortunate that Bruce Bennett is only moderately convincing as Daniel Boone and that Lon Chaney is even less acceptable as the Indian chief.
The movie has two directors. I imagine that one of them did the ho-hum studio scenes and the other all the frisky on-location, action footage.