In Europa produzierter Western nach dem Roman von Friedrich Gerstäcker, der im 19.
Jahrhundert in einer Stadt am Ufer des Mississippi spielt.
Die Gegend wird von einer Piratenbande unter der Führung von Kapitän Kelly heimgesucht, die auf einer Insel im Fluss lebt und von dort aus Überfälle auf vorbeifahrende Dampfschiffe und Handelsflöße durchführt, ihnen ihre Fracht raubt und die Besatzungen ermordet.
Made in 1963, this may well have been following up on the success of the first Winnetou-Shatterhand film, as there is a scene between star Hansjorg Felmy and his Indian chief friend that plays a lot like Lex Barker and Pierre Brice. In any event, Brad Harris is not the main hero here(and in this English version, his last name is NOT Cook--in fact, his last name is written in the sand at one point, so it can't be cook in the German version either!
This colorful Euro Western features features the debut of Brad Harris, Frank Horst, Don Vadis, and Tony Kendall into this genre! Horst plays the cold calculating Captain Kelley who masterminds pirating river boats and instigates Indian attacks.
The picture gets Western action , crossfire , Indian attacks , romance , and results to be entertaining , but mediocre . It set in the 19th century in a town called Nininger on the banks of the Mississippi River where several ships sail to the bustling city of New Orleans .