"Against a Crooked Sky" is a film that's been allowed to slip into the public domain (hence its being available for free download from archive.org)...and after seeing it, I can understand why the copyright holder wouldn't bother renewing the film rights. Still, despite me thinking that it's a terrible film, apparently some really liked it based on the IMDb reviews.The film begins with a group of 'Indians' attacking a home and running off with a young lady while her teenage brother helplessly watches. The boy blames himself and inadvisably runs off to look for her and soon almost dies but is saved thanks to a character named 'Russian' (Richard Boone). As for Russian, he's pretty much Yukon Cornelius from the Rankin-Bass stop-motion special, "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer"! In a severe case of overacting, Boone acts like a children's cartoon character.Ultimately the pair end up going through all sorts of troubles (little of which seems plausible) until they catch up to this bizarro tribe where half the folks look nothing like Native Americans. And, the conclusion to all this just seemed like a lot of nonsense...even less convincing than William Shatner as he starred in "White Comanche"! I cannot think of anything good to say about this one other than you get to see the Grand Canyon (which is pretty). Oh, and you get to see a puppy at the very end. Otherwise, the film seems childish and silly...at best.

The eldest daughter of a pioneer family is kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe and the eldest son pursues. In order to win back his sister's freedom, he must sacrifice his own life by passing the test of "Crooked Sky" and shield his sister from an executioner's arrow. Along the way, he recruits a broken down, drunk prospector to help him track down the unknown tribe and rescue his sister. Starts out awfully pretentious.The print I saw on Roku was blurry.The story could never be told today in this political correct world. How low we have sunk in 30 years.

This is a cute story about a pioneer family who have a girl and a boy and the girl is a few years older than her brother. The girl is religious and reads a scripture to her brother about a person giving his own life for a friend is the greatest show of love, this bit of advice stays with this young man. One day the girl encounters a different tribe of Indians who wore a gold head piece around his head and they kidnapped the young girl. The father goes out hunting for his daughter and then the son decides to put his life on the line for his sister and he devotes himself to finding her. There are many twists and turns to this film and Richard Boone plays the role as a drunken prospector and scout who knows all the Indians and speaks their many languages. This is a very entertaining film with many great film locations in the West. Enjoy.

This is an excellent movie. The Sutters, a pioneer family, has its farm raided by a mysterious tribe of Indians. Charlotte Sutter, the eldest daughter, is kidnapped by the tribe and taken to their camp. Sam, her brother, goes after her and enlists a drunk prospector to help him in his search. Russian, the drunk prospector, is dead set against it. On their way to the Indian camp, Russian continuously tells Sam that they should turn back. Sam tells him that if he wants to turn back he can but he'll go on alone. The scenery is beautiful. Part of the movie was filmed in Arches National Park in Utah.Temkai, the leader of the band that kidnapped Charlotte, has taken her for his wife. One of the Indians asks Charlotte what she hasand she says it's her Bible. She tells her new friend about Jesus Christ and how he died to save others. When Sam and Russian reach the Indian camp, they're told by one of the Indians thatCharlotte's due to be killed at dawn at Crooked Sky and that theonly way to save to save her is to run a race against Temkai. If he loses, Charlotte dies. Sam agrees to run the race againstRussian's expressed wishes. Half way up Crooked Sky, he sees an arrow kill a woman he thinks is his sister. He won the race and his sister and his sister's released. Since being kidnapped, she's become a mother. She says that it was her friend who died atCrooked Sky and the last we see of Temkai is him on his horse in the bushes watching Charlotte being reunited with her family.