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Tomahawk Trail, The

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Tomahawk Trail, The -- Low-budget Western follows the misfortunes of a U.S. cavalry patrol after its horses are stolen by hostile Apaches, its lieutenant goes balmy and a sergeant (Chuck Connors) leads the troopers on foot to Fort Bowie where they find the garrison massacred. Directed by Lesley Selander, the story of the hard-luck patrol is mostly about men in combat or preparing for it, though the outcome relies on the friendship between the daughter of the Apache chief and a white woman captive. Frontier violence including attempted assaults on both women. (A-II) (br) ( 1950 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.