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The Return of a Man Called Horse

  • 19761976
  • PGPG
  • 2h 9m
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6.0/10
1.9K
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The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
The English gentleman known as Horse, returns to the American west to save his adopted Indian tribe from extinction.
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The English gentleman known as Horse, returns to the American west to save his adopted Indian tribe from extinction.The English gentleman known as Horse, returns to the American west to save his adopted Indian tribe from extinction.The English gentleman known as Horse, returns to the American west to save his adopted Indian tribe from extinction.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
1.9K
YOUR RATING
    • Irvin Kershner
    • Jack DeWitt
    • Dorothy M. Johnson(based upon a character from "A Man Called Horse" by)
  • Stars
    • Richard Harris
    • Gale Sondergaard
    • Geoffrey Lewis
    • Irvin Kershner
    • Jack DeWitt
    • Dorothy M. Johnson(based upon a character from "A Man Called Horse" by)
  • Stars
    • Richard Harris
    • Gale Sondergaard
    • Geoffrey Lewis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Ana De Sade in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
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    Richard Harris in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
    Richard Harris and Humberto López in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
    Richard Harris in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
    Richard Harris in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
    Richard Harris in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
    Richard Harris in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
    Richard Harris in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
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    Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    • John Morgan
    Gale Sondergaard
    Gale Sondergaard
    • Elk Woman
    Geoffrey Lewis
    Geoffrey Lewis
    • Zenas
    William Lucking
    William Lucking
    • Tom Gryce
    • (as Bill Lucking)
    Jorge Luke
    Jorge Luke
    • Running Bull
    Jorge Russek
    Jorge Russek
    • Blacksmith
    Claudio Brook
    Claudio Brook
    • Chemin De Fer
    • (as Claudio Brooke)
    Enrique Lucero
    Enrique Lucero
    • Raven
    Regino Herrera
    • Lame Wolf
    Pedro Damián
    Pedro Damián
    • Standing Bear
    • (as Pedro Damian)
    Humberto López
    • Thin Dog
    • (as Humberto Lopez)
    Alberto Mariscal
    • Red Cloud
    Eugenia Dolores
    • Brown Dove
    Patricia Reyes Spíndola
    Patricia Reyes Spíndola
    • Gray Thorn
    Ana De Sade
    Ana De Sade
    • Moon Star
    Susan Dury
    • Lord John's fiancee
    • (uncredited)
    Rigobert Rico
    • Owl
    • (uncredited)
      • Irvin Kershner
      • Jack DeWitt
      • Dorothy M. Johnson(based upon a character from "A Man Called Horse" by)
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    • Trivia
      On account of this film, which George Lucas found to be better than its predecessor, he hired Irvin Kershner to direct Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
    • Goofs
      During the sun ceremony, John Morgan (Richard Harris) didn't have any scarring from the first time he underwent the ritual from five years earlier in the original film "A Man Called Horse".
    • Alternate versions
      German VHS version was cut in the scene where Harris makes a fire on the man who followed him.
    • Connections
      Followed by Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983)

    User reviews16

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    4/10
    Introspective but fails to ignite
    This is a weak sequel: it lacks the interest and light touch of the magnificent "Man Called Horse" in nearly every aspect and when compared to each other they hardly seem to be the same genre.

    The Return is almost a parody of the first and tries to evoke different Indian ceremonies but comes across as trying way too hard to bottle the magic of the first. In this film the tribe is lost and abandoned, having lost their homelands, modern life has encroached on paradise and they are living in abject misery and poverty. Perhaps this is the point: the first film took us to a place where we would want to be, a simpler time. This takes us to broken Indians in a miserable world and the White Man is the hero and savior which rather negates the whole idea of the film.

    The beauty of the first lay in the fact that the white man learnt and discovered that real civilization lies in values rather than western materialism. In the second film this is all but lacking and so we end up with a weak film.

    A huge disappointment.
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    • Oct 21, 2009

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    • Release date
      • August 4, 1976 (United States)
      • Mexico
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Custer State Park - 13329 U.S. Highway 16A, Custer, South Dakota, USA
    • Production companies
      • Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
      • Sandy Howard Productions
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    • 2 hours 9 minutes
      • Color

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