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Midnight Movie: The Vanishing American

on BBC Two England

Starring Scott Brady, Audrey Totter, Forrest Tucker

Arriving in New Mexico to claim inherited property, Marian Warner finds that the Navajos are being oppressed and exploited by Morgan, a trader, and Blucher, an Indian agent. Morgan plans to buy the property from Marian and then to have her killed in a manner that will appear accidental. After saving a young Indian girl from Morgan, Marian wins the respect of a Navajo chief and of Blandy, a Navajo outlaw hostile to white men. With his help she averts an uprising.
The direction is crisp and Scott Brady makes a powerful and convincing Navajo. The rugged landscape does the rest.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Alan Lemay
Based on a novel by:
Zane Grey
Produced and directed by:
Joe Kane
Blandy:
Scott Brady
Marian Warner:
Audrey Totter
Morgan:
Forrest Tucker
Blucher:
Gene Lockhart
Glendon:
Jim Davis
Friel:
John Dierkes
Yashi:
Gloria Castillo
Etenia:
Julian Rivero

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