cecil b. demille direct a film with a cast of all time giant of the movie screen and gary cooper and paulette goddard and boris karloff and ward bond and even katherine demille . however and these great actor be not able to make this film a success because of the screenplay by charles bennett . in 1763 in colonial america and martin garth ( howard da silva ) and a trader and secretly trade gun to the indian in order to stop the westward movement of settler and garth try to purchase young abby hale ( paulette goddard ) and a british servant for his own interest and but a virginia capt . christopher holden ( gary cooper ) and outbid the trader and then free her . garth encourage an indian rebellion on fort pitt lead by chief guyasuta ( boris karloff ) . this picture get very boring and pointless . karloff act perfectly a an indian and you can hardly hear his lisp or british accent .