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Sitting Bull (1954)
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6 October 1954 (USA)
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Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence...
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Unreal, primitive, simplistic, almost camp movie.
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(Complete credited cast)| Dale Robertson | ... | Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish | |
| Mary Murphy | ... | Kathy Howell | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Sitting Bull | |
| John Litel | ... | Gen. Wilford Howell | |
| Joel Fluellen | ... | Sam | |
| Iron Eyes Cody | ... | Crazy Horse | |
| John Hamilton | ... | President Ulysses S. Grant | |
| Douglas Kennedy | ... | Col. Custer | |
| William Tannen | ... | O'Connor | |
| William Hopper | ... | Charles Wentworth (as Bill Hopper) | |
| Thomas Browne Henry | ... | Indian Agent Webber (as Tom Brown Henry) |
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105 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.55 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System) |
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J. Carrol Naish's portrayal of Sitting Bull was adapted into cartoon form by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera as Crazy Coyote in a Huckleberry Hound cartoon.
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Anachronisms: Back of Mary's dress shows an obvious zipper.
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Great Spirit
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The best thing that can be said about this film is that it had good intentions. What makes of it almost a camp movie is the unreal, primitive, simplistic way that Sitting Bull, the battle of Little Big Horn, and all events related to it are presented. There are no qualms here about changing historical facts and the unreal attitudes of Major Bob Parrish (Dale Robertson) and also of Sitting Bull are very hard to accept. It was much more complex than that, as it can be seen on the most accurate film made so far about it "Son of The Morning Star". The fact that it was made on a big budget, Cinemascope, and has good battle scenes makes it easier to see. It also had the technical advice of "Iron Eyes Cody" who sure knew a lot about it, but probably kept most of it to himself.