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''The Nebraskan'' is a 1953 3-D American
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film directed by Fred F. Sears starring
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Plot

Set in 1867 in the newly formed state of
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, cavalry scout Wade Harper (
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, Wingfoot escapes with Reno (
Lee Van Cleef Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of Italian Spaghetti Westerns, parti ...
), an army private awaiting trial for murder.


Cast

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Philip Carey Philip Carey (born Eugene Joseph Carey, July 15, 1925February 6, 2009) was an American actor. Early life and education On July 15, 1925, Carey was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.Roberta Haynes Roberta Haynes (born Roberta Arline Schack; August 19, 1927 – April 4, 2019) was an American actress who was active from 1947 until 1989. Early life She was born Roberta Arline Schack in Wichita Falls, Texas on August 19, 1927, to Willia ...
as Paris *
Wallace Ford Wallace Ford (born Samuel Grundy Jones; 12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English-born naturalized American vaudevillian, stage performer and screen actor. Usually playing wise-cracking characters, he combined a tough but friendly-face ...
as McBride * Richard Webb as Ace Eliot *
Lee Van Cleef Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of Italian Spaghetti Westerns, parti ...
as Reno *Maurice Jara as Wingfoot *
Regis Toomey John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor. Early life Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High ...
as Col. Markham *
Jay Silverheels Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television s ...
as Spotted Bear *
Pat Hogan Pat Hogan (born Thurman Lee Haas; February 3, 1920 – November 21, 1966) was an American actor. He mostly played Native Americans over the course of his career. He was best known for his portrayal of Chief Red Stick in the film '' Davy Crocke ...
as Yellow Knife *
Dennis Weaver William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weave ...
as Capt. DeWitt *Boyd "Red" Morgan as Sgt. Phillips


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Dvdtalk - The Nebraskan 1953
1953 films 1953 Western (genre) films American 3D films 1953 3D films American Western (genre) films Films set in 1867 Films set in Nebraska Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Fred F. Sears 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub