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6.9/10   2,114 votes
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Director:
Elliot Silverstein
Writers:
Jack DeWitt (writer)
Dorothy M. Johnson (story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
May 1970 (USA) more
Tagline:
A man called "Horse" becomes an Indian warrior in the most electrifying ritual ever seen!
Plot:
In 1825 an English aristocrat is captured by Indians. He lives with them and begins to understand/accept their lifestyles... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Weekly Body Count: Trap Them and Eat Them
 (From SoundOnSight. 20 May 2009, 9:02 PM, PDT)

Funeral Arrangements for Richard Harris
 (From WENN. 29 October 2002)

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Classic Wilderness Adventure more (32 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Harris ... John Morgan
Judith Anderson ... Buffalo Cow Head (as Dame Judith Anderson)
Jean Gascon ... Batise
Manu Tupou ... Yellow Hand
Corinna Tsopei ... Running Deer
Dub Taylor ... Joe

James Gammon ... Ed
William Jordan ... Bent
Eddie Little Sky ... Black Eagle
Michael Baseleon ... Longfoot
Lina Marín ... Thorn Rose
Tamara Garina ... Elk Woman
Terry Leonard ... Striking Bear
Iron Eyes Cody ... Medicine man
Tom Tyon ... Medicine man
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence and nudity.
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Sioux
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:M (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:R (re-rating) (2003) | Australia:PG | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
John Morgan: It just occurred to me... I've traveled halfway around the world, at great expense, simply to kill a different kind of bird. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Big Stan (2007) more

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16 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Classic Wilderness Adventure, 23 August 2004
8/10
Author: hokeybutt from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

A MAN CALLED HORSE (4 outta 5 stars)

Classic western epic stars Richard Harris as an English nobleman on holiday in the American wilderness who gets taken captive by a band of American Indians. He is brutally treated at first but his captors come to accept him as one of the tribe as he gains more knowledge of their different way of life... where one needs to earn his/her place in the hierarchy... unlike British aristocracy. Harrowingly violent scenes may make this film tough to watch for some... but Harris gives one of his usual great performances and the movie provides an atypically (for its time) sympathetic depiction of the Native American people. Much more realistic but just as sincere as that other 70s classic "Little Big Man."

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