La Révolte des Séminoles

Cavalry lieutenant Can Ellott , George Montgomery , is assigned by his commanding Officer to execute a dangerous mission, to detain the rebellious Indian Chief Black Cat , Steven Ritch , has escaped from his Florida reservation and carried out an upheaval against White men .Then Black Cat and other assailant Indians take Hannah : Karin Booth , Colonel's daughter . Eliott accompanied by his helper Cubby Croach: William Fawcett, set out in pursuit the renegade Indian , but things go wrong , until a breathtaking final battle .

Routine and low-budgeted Western about an Indian revolt with attacks, thrills, assaults, battles and emotion . Stars George Montgomery as a Mestizo who is commanding a campaign to chase Black Cat who is leading an expedition of bloodshed and terror scheming to trade his kidnapped people for weapons .There is also romance in which implies Lieutenant George Montogomery with the beautiful Karin Booth who is about to marry a nasty captain. The highlights of the movie are some espectacular Indian attacks and the moving final that incluyes avalanche , cliffs , and fire , though most of them taken from other films. Starring is George Montgomery , a mediocre actor of B movies . He was born to Ukranian inmigrantes and was a heavyweight bóxer previously becoming a player. Plus , he was an excellent craftsman and built and designed homes, besides he was a self-taught artist creating bronze busts for popular actors . He starred a lot of films , working all around the world and played all kinds of genres as Adventure : Watusi, Steel Claw ; Warlike : Battle of Bulge , Hell of Borneo; and especiallly Westerns : Fort Ti, Last of the Badmen , Durango , Seminole.

Produced in low budget by Sam Katzman , he is known for his short financing productions .He fashioned a group of films using stocks originally shot since former movies . The picture obtained limited success but results to be agreeable enough.The picture was regularly directed by the prolific Earl Bellamy . Routine , run-of-the-mill and average Western 5/10.

Don't tune into this one expecting to see alligators, Everglades and colorfully garbed Indians. Here, for some reason, the Seminoles are in TEXAS, riding the plains, living in Teepees and wrecking havoc. This is another of the cheapies, made in the 50s using much stock footage, much of the footage here came from "New Mexico"(1951). The story of the Seminole Indians has been done quite well in other pictures, most notably, "Seminole"(1953), "Distant Drums"(1951 and "Naked in the Sun"(1955). This is an easy one to pass up.

I am not a historian, but I am smart enough to know that Seminole wars occurred in Florida - I guess South Florida - or at worst a bit in Oklahoma, but certainly not so far west...Why not Apache warriors in Connecticut? But all this contributes to Sam Katzman's productions charm, so far from the true events which they are supposed to tell about in the most accurate way. But after all, who cares? No folks, don't be disturbed by all those historical mistakes. That little western remains a very appreciable time waster. Routine but a feature that the movie buffs will be glad to see. Earl Bellamy worked most of his career for the TV industry.

If you search for authentic films about Seminole wars, at least far more accurate then this one, try instead Raoul Walsh's DISTANT DRUMS or Budd Boetticher's SEMINOLE. I have ween some other grade B westerns in black and white about Seminoles but I don't remind which ones.

Yes, as already said, it's a low-budget film and certainly not the best western made, but I still found it entertaining. Like many westerns, there are a lot of inaccuracies and things that were inconsistent with historical facts. It did motivate me, as did some of the comments made by other reviewers to do a little research and I found that historically, there were Seminole Indians that were originally from Florida that went to Texas. They were originally led by the Seminole Chief "Wild Cat" (Coacoochee)- not "Black Cat". Just do a search on him to learn more about it. I believe the story and the acting are adequate enough to give this movie a watch.

"Seminole Rising" was your standard B western movie typically shown prior to the A feature as was standard in theaters prior to the 1960s. These were low budget movies that allowed small name actors to gain experience and audience exposure. Therefore it is unfair to grade them by the scale one might grade an A movie like "The Cowboys", "Shane", or "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".

I found it to be a basic B movie, with little to brag on and little to complain about. While some seem bewildered by Seminoles residing in Texas it is lack of education that leads to this. With but a modicum of effort one learns that following the Second Seminole War (1835–1842) about 3,800 Seminoles were "given" lands "west of the Mississippi river". Seminoles in OK and TX? Yep!

Just an entertaining little movie that runs a perfect 74 minutes sans commercials. Not a movie to watch again and again, but it can be viewed several times in a lifetime if you leave 25 years in between.