Blood Arrow

{{short description|1958 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Blood Arrow | image = Blood Arrow poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Charles Marquis Warren | producer = Robert Stabler | screenplay = Fred Freiberger | starring = Scott Brady Paul Richards Phyllis Coates Don Haggerty Diana Darrin Jeanne Bates | music = Raoul Kraushaar | cinematography = Fleet Southcott | editing = Michael Luciano | studio = 20th Century Fox | distributor = 20th Century Fox | released = {{Film date|1958|4|1}} | runtime = 76 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}

'''''Blood Arrow''''' is a 1958 American Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and written by Fred Freiberger. The film stars Scott Brady, Paul Richards, Phyllis Coates, Don Haggerty, Diana Darrin and Jeanne Bates. The film was released on April 1, 1958, by 20th Century Fox.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69110/blood-arrow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203144201/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69110/Blood-Arrow/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2012 |title=Blood Arrow (1958) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/85443/Blood-Arrow/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408002645/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/85443/Blood-Arrow/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-04-08 |title=Blood-Arrow - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2014 |access-date=2015-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=53580 |title=Blood Arrow |publisher=Afi.com |date= |access-date=2015-09-20}}</ref>

==Plot== {{More plot|date=September 2015}} Bess Johnson, newly arrived in a Mormon settlement in Wyoming Territory, is having difficulty getting a shipment of smallpox vaccine delivered. In her way are Little Otter, a chief of the Blackfeet who wishes death to all whites in the territory, and Brill, a gambler who is interested in both Bess and a secret gold mine the Mormons might be hiding.

Dan Kree, a gunfighter, happens by on his way to Oregon and gives aid to Bess, who in turn saves him from a lethal snake bite. The mine turns out to be real, but Little Otter is killed and Dan gets the better of Brill. He leaves, but tells Bess he could be back.

== Cast == *Scott Brady as Dan Kree *Paul Richards as Brill *Phyllis Coates as Bess Johnson *Don Haggerty as Gabe *Diana Darrin as Lennie *Jeanne Bates as Almee *Rocky Shahan as Taslatch *John Dierkes as Ez *Richard Gilden as Little Otter *Patrick O'Moore as McKenzie *Des Slattery as Ceppi *William McGraw as Norm

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0051420|Blood Arrow}}

Category:1958 films Category:20th Century Fox films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:1958 Western (genre) films Category:Films directed by Charles Marquis Warren Category:Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar Category:1958 English-language films Category:1958 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films Category:American black-and-white films