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After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.
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Cresta
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Honus
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Cumber
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Col. Iverson
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Spotted Wolf
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Capt. Battles
Bob Carraway ...
Lt. McNair
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Lt. Spingarn
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Pvt. Menzies
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Sgt. O'Hearn
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Running Fox
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Indian Woman (as Aurora Clavell)
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Agent Long (as Alf Elson)
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Marco Antonio Arzate ...
Kiowa Warrior (uncredited)
Barbara De Hubp ...
Mrs. Long (uncredited)
Ron Fletcher ...
Lt. Mitchell (uncredited)
Alfredo Tarzan Gutiérrez ...
Kiowa indian (uncredited)
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Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Guard (uncredited)
Nicolás Jasso ...
Kiowa indian (uncredited)
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Indian Scout (uncredited)
Raúl Martínez ...
Kiowa indian (uncredited)
Jose Salas ...
Kiowa indian (uncredited)
Isabel Vázquez 'La Chichimeca' ...
Old indian woman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ralph Nelson

Written by

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Theodore V. Olsen ... (novel "Arrow in the Sun")
 
John Gay ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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William S. Gilmore ... associate producer (as William S. Gilmore Jr)
Gabriel Katzka ... producer
Joseph E. Levine ... executive producer
Harold Loeb ... producer

Music by

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Roy Budd

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Robert B. Hauser ... director of photography
Arthur J. Ornitz ... director of photography (uncredited)

Editing by

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Alex Beaton

Editorial Department

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John Grover ... first assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Leonard Murphy

Art Direction by

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Frank Arrigo

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Carlos Grandjean

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Del Armstrong ... makeup supervisor
Ellis Burman Jr. ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

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Mario Cisneros ... assistant director
Everett Creach ... second unit director
Terry Morse Jr. ... assistant director

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Ray Mercer Jr. ... property master
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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John Poyner ... dubbing editor
Barry Thomas ... sound mixer
Brian Hickin ... sound editor (uncredited)
Colin Miller ... sound editor (uncredited)
John Streeter ... foley recordist (uncredited)

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Herman E. Townsley ... special effects (as Herman Townsley)

Stunts

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Everett Creach ... stunt coordinator
Jerry Brutsche ... stunts (uncredited)
Gary Combs ... stunts (uncredited)
Bennie E. Dobbins ... stunts (uncredited)
Terry Leonard ... stunts (uncredited)
Fred Lerner ... stunts (uncredited)
Glenn Randall Jr. ... stunts (uncredited)
Greg Walker ... stunts (uncredited)
Rodd Wolff ... stunts (uncredited)

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Charles W. Short ... camera operator
Frank Shugrue ... still photographer
Jim Songer ... video supervisor

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Theodore R. Parvin ... costume supervisor (as Ted Parvin)

Music Department

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Roy Budd ... conductor / music arranger
Luis Miguel Rojas ... soundtrack art director
Derek Watkins ... musician: trumpet

Script and Continuity Department

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Bob Forrest ... script supervisor
John Marshall ... subtitle and timing: uncreditied

Additional Crew

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Rhonda Grogan ... production secretary
Don Halswell ... technical advisor
Joseph E. Levine ... presenter
Eddie Little Sky ... technical advisor
Corky Randall ... livestock supervisor
'Chema' Hernandez ... head wrangler (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta, and his disgust for her anti-American beliefs. They reach the cavalry campsite on the eve of an attack on a Cheyenne village, where Honus will learn which side has really been telling him the truth. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

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Also Known As
  • Soldat bleu (France)
  • Le Soldat bleu (France)
  • Das Wiegenlied vom Totschlag (Germany)
  • Soldado azul (Spain)
  • El soldado azul (Spain)
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  • 115 min
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Trivia Original work print of the movie was 135 minutes long. When it was test-screened to an audience, they almost started a riot after watching this version. This was the only time that the full uncut version was shown, and it caused the studio to decide that it was unreleasable unless massive cuts were made to the film's violent scenes. Some of these cut and never included in any official version scenes include shots of Indian women's breasts being sliced off and thrown around; children's limbs graphically severed (real amputees were employed for these shots); a little girl's legs cut off by wagon wheels; a soldier gleefully cutting an Indian's arms off before shooting another Cheyenne in the eye; the fate of Spotted Wolf, who is beheaded and his head is hoisted as a trophy by a soldier before he tosses it to another soldier, who then throws it off camera. Spotted Wolf's head attached to the stirrup of a cavalryman was not cut and is shown in the release print, and there are stills showing his mutilated body lying on the ground without the head and four cavalrymen running around with his severed head in their hands, howling and laughing while blood is spurting from the neck stump. See more »
Goofs The voice-over at the end of the film describes the events we have just witnessed as taking place in 1864.However,earlier in the movie Honus tells Cresta that his father was killed at the battle of Little Bighorn which occurred in 1876. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in JFK II: The Bush Connection (2003). See more »
Soundtracks Soldier Blue See more »
Quotes Col. Iverson: When I see young people today behaving like that I just... I can't help wondering what this goddamn country's coming to.
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