El soldado de la reina

Tyrone Powers plays Duncan MacDonell a Royal Canadian Mounty who is new to the Northern Territories. One of his first assignments is to take the former military tracker Natayo deep into Cree territory to investigate the claims of them venturing across the border into America and taking two white hostages.

Once amongst the Cree, Duncan calls out their leader Standing Bear and tries to get a meeting with him and the elders. Standing Bear eventually agrees to talk and guarantees the safety of the two white prisoners, something that is challenged by a warrior named Konah when he forcibly tries to marry off the female prisoner to his brother. This sets up a chain of events that puts Duncan's adopted native son Duncan Comes Running in danger.

It was fun seeing Tyrone Powers as a Canadian North West Mounted Police Constable, something the locals call a pony soldier. This was a beautifully produced technicolor western in the old style that I think western fans will enjoy. The storyline wasn't overly strong, but the atmosphere was perfect for a western and the wagon raid was wonderfully done. Both Montana and the Northern Territories look spectacular in this film, as does Tyrone Powers...whose fans won't want to miss this. The one thing this film is really missing is a love story.