Some argue that women have little or nothing to do with western cinema. It's wrong: just think of some gorgeous female characters from Ford (My darling Clementine) or Hawks (Angie Dickinson in "Rio Bravo"). But if you only know this film, you'd have to agree with them. In fact, throughout the film one wonders what role the beautiful Yvonne De Carlo plays. The story is almost entirely set inside a fort, where her life must have been quite hard: however we always see her elegant (she changes clothes at each scene), made up, with earrings and even with lipstick! Her character - obviously created to involve the female audience - is so useless that in the end she disappears! For the rest, I think the film can be counted among the well-made westerns.
Review of Tomahawk
