Massacre

Joe Thunder Horse’s father was the chief of the tribe. When the father dies Joe goes back to the reservation of his childhood. What he finds there is this. His people are dying of various diseases. Their possessions and their basic rights are being taken from them systematically. The ones doing it are crooked Indian agents. Joe goes to Washington to put these wrongs right. But all along the way he meets prejudice and hatred. The film runs drama and western together. Richard Barthelmess and Ann Dvorak take the leads, with Dudley Digges and Claire Dodd also in the cast, in Alan Crosland’s American film of 1934.