Trooper Hook
"Go Ahead and Hate Me, Hook Because I Saved Myself from Apache Torture...Because I Gave Their Chief a Son!"
1957 · 1h 21m · Approved
Western
Directed by
Charles Marquis Warren
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Trooper Hook
Overview
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.
Director and cast
- Charles Marquis Warren Director
- Joel McCrea as Sgt. Clovis Hook
- Barbara Stanwyck as Cora Sutliff
- Earl Holliman as Jeff Bennett
- Edward Andrews as Charlie Travers
- John Dehner as Fred Sutliff
- Susan Kohner as Consuela
- Royal Dano as Mr. Trude
- Celia Lovsky as Señora Sandoval
- Stanley Adams as Heathcliff
- Terry Lawrence as Quito
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