The Paleface
A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.
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1975★ 6.7
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1960★ 6.5
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1914★ 5.8
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1930★ 6.6
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