War Paint is a 1953

1953 in film

The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...

 Western

Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

 directed by Lesley Selander, starring Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Robert Stack was an American actor. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he was the star of the 1959-1963 ABC television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries.-Early life:...

 and Joan Taylor

Joan Taylor (actor)

Joan Taylor is a retired American film actress.-Early life:She was born in Geneva, Illinois. Her father Joseph Emma was from Sicily and became a movie manager and a Hollywood prop man...

. A U.S. Cavalry lieutenant is assigned to deliver a peace treaty to a powerful Indian chief, but a band of renegades have vowed to kill the officer before he completes his mission.

The film was shot in Pathecolor

Pathécolor

Pathécolor, later renamed Pathéchrome, was an early manual stencil-based film tinting process for movies developed by Pathé in the early 20th century...

 and filmed on location in Death Valley

Death Valley

Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America. Badwater, a basin located in Death Valley, is the specific location of the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below...

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Cast

As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified):

Actor	Role
Robert Stack Robert Stack Robert Stack was an American actor. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he was the star of the 1959-1963 ABC television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries.-Early life:...	Lt. Billings
Joan Taylor Joan Taylor (actor) Joan Taylor is a retired American film actress.-Early life:She was born in Geneva, Illinois. Her father Joseph Emma was from Sicily and became a movie manager and a Hollywood prop man...	Wanima
Charles McGraw Charles McGraw Charles Butters , best known by his stage name Charles McGraw, was an American actor, who made his first film in 1942, albeit in a small, uncredited role. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa.-Career:...	Sgt. Clarke
Keith Larsen Keith Larsen Keith Larsen was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who starred in three short-lived television series between 1955 and 1961.-Background:...	Taslik
Peter Graves Peter Graves (actor) Peter Aurness , known professionally as Peter Graves, was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his starring role in the CBS television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973...	Trooper Tolson
Robert J. Wilke Robert J. Wilke Robert J. Wilke was a prolific American film actor noted primarily for his villainous roles, mainly in westerns.Wilke started as a stuntman in the 1930s and his first appearance on screen was in San Francisco...	Trooper Grady (as Robert Wilke)
Walter Reed Walter Reed (actor) Walter Reed was an American stage, film and television actor. He was born in Fort Ward, Washington. Following a stint as a Broadway actor, Reed broke into films in 1941...	Trooper Allison
John Doucette John Doucette John Doucette was a film character actor. He was a balding, husky man remembered for playing mob muscle and western bad guys in movies...	Trooper Charnofsky
Douglas Kennedy	Trooper Clancy
Charles Nolte Charles Nolte Charles Nolte was an American actor and educator.-Career:Nolte was born in Duluth, Minnesota and moved to Wayzata, Minnesota with his family in the early 1930s. He graduated from Wayzata High School in 1941 and performed in an acting company that later became Old Log Theater...	Cpl. Hamilton
James Parnell	Trooper Martin
Paul Richards Paul Richards (actor) Paul Richards was a Jewish American actor who appeared in films and on television in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s until his death from cancer at the age of fifty. He married actress Monica Keating in 1953.Richards guest-starred in a number of classic television western series, including Gunsmoke...	Trooper Perkins
William Pullen	Jeb
Richard H. Cutting	Commissioner Kirby (as Richard Cutting)

A full cast and production crew list is too lengthy to include, see: IMDb profile.