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3 October 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
LAND-GRABBING DOLLAR PATRIOTS! morePlot:
When the government agency fails to deliver even the meager supplies due by treaty to the proud Cheyenne tribe in their barren desert reserve... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Breaking News! Ricardo Montalban Dead At Age 88 (From CinemaRetro. 14 January 2009, 2:26 PM, PST)
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Conveniently adapted story of Northern Cheyenne moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Widmark | ... | Capt. Thomas Archer | |
| Carroll Baker | ... | Deborah Wright | |
| Karl Malden | ... | Capt. Wessels | |
| Sal Mineo | ... | Red Shirt | |
| Dolores del Rio | ... | Spanish Woman (as Dolores Del Rio) | |
| Ricardo Montalban | ... | Little Wolf | |
| Gilbert Roland | ... | Dull Knife | |
| Arthur Kennedy | ... | Doc Holliday | |
| Patrick Wayne | ... | Second Lieut. Scott | |
| Elizabeth Allen | ... | Miss Plantagenet | |
| John Carradine | ... | Jeff Blair | |
| Victor Jory | ... | Tall Tree | |
| Mike Mazurki | ... | Sr. First Sergeant | |
| George O'Brien | ... | Major Braden | |
| Sean McClory | ... | Dr. O'Carberry |
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John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (USA) (complete title)The Long Flight (USA) (working title)
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2.20 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | West Germany:12 | USA:Approved (certificate #20635) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | Argentina:13 | UK:UFun Stuff
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John Ford would not allow Sal Mineo to speak any English dialog in the movie due to the actor's Bronx accent. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: James Stewart and Arthur Kennedy are clearly both far too old to be Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. moreQuotes:
Dr. O'Carberry: The question is, do you want to be responsible?Capt. Oskar Wessels: I am responsible for nothing, none of them had to die. They could have walked out of there any time they liked. I have simply been the instrument of an order, an order I did not agree with.
Dr. O'Carberry: You say that as if you memorized it.
Capt. Oskar Wessels: Why do you talk to me? Why don't you talk to the Indians? That is where the blame is. Any time! Any time, they could have ended this.
Dr. O'Carberry: First it was the headquarters, now it's the Indians. Everybody is to blame but you!
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This film shows just a bit of the tragedy of Northern Cheyenne. The film or John Ford did not show that they initially fought together with Sioux led by Sitting Bull war in 1876 and were partially massacred by Custer. Later they fought once again and were defeated at McKenzie compelling them to surrender. Two years later, the prisoners Dull Knife, Wild Hog, and Little Wolf were brought down as prisoners to Fort Reno, from where they escaped and were later killed without mercy. Part of the survivors were killed later when they tried to escape from Fort Robinson, Nebraska, and the others finally confined to a reservation in Montana. Probably Ford wanted to show this story softly giving some feeling of justice to Captain Archer (Richard Widmark), but at the end the film became an approximate story of the reality. Cheyenne, either northern or southern were expelled out from their natural areas, they missed bull hunting and their ancestral traditions. Beside this historical considerations, one must admit that Ford had a very good cast for the film with Widmark, Carroll Baker, always efficient Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden and others. The only thing difficult to understand was the scene with James Stewart (as Wyatt Earp) together with the veterans Arthur Kennedy and John Carradine, which in my opinion was out of the context.
Some people believe that Westerns are not more of use in Hollywood. I believe that some westerns giving real stories of what happened with the Indians are very much necessary to understand the history of the real American people. Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Dull Knife and others were not criminals, they were only defending the land where they were born and raised. So their lives should be brought fairly to the screen in the coming future.