- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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4 out of 5
The last western made by the great John Ford is effectively an apology for the many wrongs done by Hollywood to the American Indian. It maintains tremendous dignity in those sections actually dealing with the tragic resettlement of the Cheyenne by the US government, but it is undermined by a tasteless would-be comic central section set in Dodge City, irrelevantly featuring an ill-cast James Stewart as Wyatt Earp. Still, here's Ford's beloved Monument Valley and a distinguished cast headed by the ever underrated Richard Widmark in a story of genuine epic scale: make some tea in the middle.
Plot Summary
Epic John Ford western, starring Richard Widmark and Carroll Baker. The true story of a Cheyenne tribe which, being starved to extinction on a reservation, embarks on the long trek back to its old homelands. The move revives old hatreds and the threat of war.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Captain Thomas Archer
- Richard Widmark
- Deborah Wright
- Carroll Baker
- Captain Oscar Wessels
- Karl Malden
- Wyatt Earp
- James Stewart
- Secretary of the Interior
- Edward G Robinson
- Red Shirt
- Sal Mineo
- Spanish Woman
- Dolores Del Rio
- Little Wolf
- Ricardo Montalban
- Dull Knife
- Gilbert Roland
- Doc Holliday
- Arthur Kennedy
- Second Lieutenant Scott
- Patrick Wayne
- Miss Guinevere Plantagenet
- Elizabeth Allen
- Major Jeff Blair
- John Carradine
- Tall Tree
- Victor Jory
- Senior First Sergeant
- Mike Mazurki
- Trooper Smith
- Harry Carey Jr
- Trooper Plumtree
- Ben Johnson
- Senator Henry
- Denver Pyle
Crew
- Director
- John Ford
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