None of the film was believable from the start. The white actors playing Indian were so pale they were almost glow in the dark. Debra Paget is not just too fair skinned to be believable, she's also wearing obvious lipstick and mascara.
The wigs were laughable as well, a lot of horsehair braids. Add to that feathers that seemed obviously plastic and buckskin that obviously wasn't.
There were plenty of Native actors they should have used. Spare us the "of that time" excuse. Jay Silverheels played Tonto in the Lone Ranger eight years before this. Gunsmoke often had whole casts of Natives playing Natives. The first Natives to play Natives were way back in the 1910s, over 50 years before.
Another reviewer pointed out the colonists weren't that accurate looing either. Robert Wagner had an obvious blow dried pompadour.
The love story was not just ridiculous, it was offensive Pocahontas imitating. Native women falling all over the white guy for no reason, and somehow the Native men are to blame.
The only reason not to rate this film a 1 is because there is a message of tolerance in it. But the way it was delivered completely undercuts it.
The wigs were laughable as well, a lot of horsehair braids. Add to that feathers that seemed obviously plastic and buckskin that obviously wasn't.
There were plenty of Native actors they should have used. Spare us the "of that time" excuse. Jay Silverheels played Tonto in the Lone Ranger eight years before this. Gunsmoke often had whole casts of Natives playing Natives. The first Natives to play Natives were way back in the 1910s, over 50 years before.
Another reviewer pointed out the colonists weren't that accurate looing either. Robert Wagner had an obvious blow dried pompadour.
The love story was not just ridiculous, it was offensive Pocahontas imitating. Native women falling all over the white guy for no reason, and somehow the Native men are to blame.
The only reason not to rate this film a 1 is because there is a message of tolerance in it. But the way it was delivered completely undercuts it.