Untamed is a 1955 American CinemaScope adventure western film, directed by Henry King and starring: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward and Richard Egan, with Agnes Moorehead, Rita Moreno and Hope Emerson.

The screenplay was by: William A. Bacher, Michael Blankfort, Frank Fenton and Talbot Jennings from a 1950 novel by Helga Moray.

"[4] In 1847, Paul van Riebeck (Tyrone Power), a Boer cavalry commander, travels to Ireland from South Africa to buy horses for his commandos back home.

They and their friend Aggie O'Toole join a group of settlers on an 800-mile (1,287.5 km) trek to Hoffen Valley, for free farm land.

The most dangerous part of the journey is the crossing of Zulu territory; Van Riebeck and his men are supposed to escort them at that point, but they do not show up at the rendezvous.

Later, Kurt shows up and helps her run the farm and the native workers, still hoping she will fall for him, though he is displeased to find Julia also working for her.

Lightning from a storm strikes the tree, causing it to fall on Kurt, resulting in the amputation of one of his legs.

An itinerant peddler informs the settlers that next time he will no longer accept Dutch money, only gold, which is present in the nearby mountains.

She loses her fortune, so she takes her sons and Aggie to Kolesburg in search of diamonds, despite being warned that outlaws have taken it over.

Producer William Bacher became aware of it in 1945, when it was only a 17-page story with the working title Katie Called Katje.

Bacher read it and optioned the film rights, helping Moray shape the novel and contributing funds to enable her to finish it.

Bacher tried to interest Fox, MGM and Paramount in the project, but all the studios turned it down, worried about the cost.