White Eagle
Seen it?1941 | 290 min | Western
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for most people.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 4 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 4 hr 50 min.
- Made in 1941: an older pace and style.
Serials usually spawned feature film versions, but with this film, it was the other way around. A 1932 Buck Jones Western, White Eagle was made into a serial nine years later, again starring Jones in the title role, a (supposedly) Native American Pony Express Rider defending his people against a gang of evil Whites.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by James W. Horne
- Buck JonesWhite Eagle
- Raymond HattonGrizzly
- Dorothy FayJanet Rand
- James Craven'Dandy' Darnell
- Chief YowlachieChief Running Deer
- Jack IngramGregory Cantro
- Charles KingHenchman Brace
- John MertonHenchman Ronimo