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Run of the Arrow ()

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After the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.
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O'Meara
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Yellow Moccasin (as Sarita Montiel)
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Capt. Clark
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Lt. Driscoll
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Walking Coyote
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Blue Buffalo
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Mrs. O'Meara
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Crazy Wolf
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Lt. Stockwell
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Red Cloud (as Frank De Kova)
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Gen. Allen (as Colonel Tim McCoy)
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Col. Taylor
Frank Warner ...
Banjo Playing Singer
Billy Miller ...
Silent Tongue
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Corporal
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Sergeant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emile Avery ...
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
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Gen. Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
Dick Cherney ...
Southerner (uncredited)
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Yellow Moccasin (uncredited) (voice)
Tex Holden ...
Peg Leg Man (uncredited)
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Southerner (uncredited)
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Trooper Holding Lee's Horse (uncredited)
Anton Northpole ...
Southerner (uncredited)
Don Orlando ...
Pvt. Vinci (uncredited)
John Pedrini ...
Southerner (uncredited)
George Ross ...
Archer (uncredited)
Bill White Jr. ...
Sgt. Moore (uncredited)
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Surgeon (uncredited)

Directed by

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Samuel Fuller

Written by

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Samuel Fuller ... (written by)

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Samuel Fuller ... producer

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Victor Young

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Joseph F. Biroc ... director of photography (as Joseph Biroc)

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Gene Fowler Jr.

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Albert S. D'Agostino
Jack Okey

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Bertram C. Granger ... (as Bert Granger)

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Larry Germain ... hair stylist
Harry Maret ... makeup supervisor (as Harry Maret Jr.)

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Gene Bryant ... unit manager
Walter Daniels ... production manager (uncredited)

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Ben Chapman ... assistant director

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Terry Kellum ... sound
Bert Schoenfeld ... sound effects editor
Virgil Smith ... sound
James Nelson ... sound effects editor (uncredited)

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Norman Breedlove ... special effects (uncredited)

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Chuck Roberson ... stunts (uncredited)
George Ross ... stunts (uncredited)

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Ernest Bachrach ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Audrey Granville ... music editor (as Audray Granville)
Sidney Cutner ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Victor Young ... conductor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

A Rebel vet, O'Meara has refused to surrender when Lee does so at Appomattox. He travels west and after escaping from, he joins the Sioux and takes a wife. After denouncing himself as an American, he must make a choice when the army and Sioux go to battle. Written by Buxx Banner

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Taglines The strange saga of the Johnny Reb who turned Sioux to wage a one-man war against the Yankees ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Jefe búfalo azul (United States, Spanish title)
  • The Last Bullet (United States)
  • Hot Lead (United States)
  • Le Jugement des flèches (France)
  • Apache - Ein Indianer Sieht Rot (Germany)
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  • 86 min
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Trivia At the time of its release, many critics commented favorably on director Samuel Fuller's artistic decision to concentrate on the feet of the participants in the "run of the arrow" rather than showing them in their entirety. In an interview, Fuller said there was a very simple reason for his decision: star Rod Steiger had badly sprained his ankle just before the scene was to be shot and wasn't able to walk, let alone run, so Fuller got one of the Indian extras who was built somewhat like Steiger to run in his place, which is why he shot only feet instead of close-ups or medium shots. See more »
Goofs The bulk of the film is in a very arid desert area, not the landscape in Sioux territory. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996). See more »
Crazy Credits The movie closes with the following statement: "The end of this story can only be written by you." See more »
Quotes Pvt. O'Meara, 6th Virginia Volunteers Sharpshooter: [Sick with fever, approaches the tribe] I wish... I wish to speak to your chief Blue Buffalo...
Blue Buffalo: [Rising from the ground where he was squatting] I'm Blue Buffalo!
Pvt. O'Meara, 6th Virginia Volunteers Sharpshooter: I've lived the Run of the Arrow!
Blue Buffalo: [Blue buffalo has a warrior check O'Meara's feet and addresses Crazy Wolf] Is this the man that out ran you?
Crazy Wolf: Yes.
Blue Buffalo: [Addressing O'Meara] You are the first to outlive the Run. You will never die by the hand of a Sioux for this. Give him back his horse and everything else that belongs to him. I don't understand. you speak Sioux like Sioux not like a white man.
Pvt. O'Meara, 6th Virginia Volunteers Sharpshooter: My teacher was Walking Coyote.
Blue Buffalo: That poor renegade.
[as Blue Buffalo says this ,O'Meara collapses and faints]
Crazy Wolf: [Crazy Wolf checks on him] He's sick with the fever!
Blue Buffalo: [Addressing the village] Our law prevents us from killing any man who lives the Run. But we have no law to help him live. The choice is yours. Who among you will help him thru the night?
Yellow Moccasin: I will. I will help him thru the night.
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