Cheyenne Autumn
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Release date October 3, 1964 Cast (Capt. Thomas Archer), (Deborah Wright), (Captain Wessels), (Red Shirt), (Spanish woman), Ricardo Montalban (Little Wolf)Similar movies The Charge at Feather River , Shanghai Noon , Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron , The Searchers , The Last of the Mohicans , Maverick Tagline 1,500 miles of heroism and incredible adventure! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You dont feel a thing in cheyenne autumn 1964 with james stewart
Cheyenne Autumn is a 1964 epic Western film starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, and Edward G. Robinson. It tells the story of a factual event, the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878-9, although it is told in 'Hollywood style' using a great deal of artistic license. The film was the last Western directed by John Ford, who proclaimed it an elegy for the Native Americans who had been abused by the U.S. government and misrepresented by many of the director's own films. With a budget of more than $4,000,000, the film was relatively unsuccessful at the box office and failed to earn a profit for its distributor, Warner Bros.
Contents
- You dont feel a thing in cheyenne autumn 1964 with james stewart
- One card is missing in cheyenne autumn 1964 with james stewart
- Plot
- Cast
- Preproduction
- Filming
- Editing
- Locations
- Casting
- Reception
- Award nominations
- References
One card is missing in cheyenne autumn 1964 with james stewart
Plot
In 1878, Chiefs Little Wolf (Ricardo Montalban) and Dull Knife (Gilbert Roland) led over three hundred starved and weary Cheyenne from their reservation in the Oklahoma territory to their traditional home in Wyoming. The US government sees this as an act of rebellion, and the sympathetic Captain Thomas Archer (Richard Widmark) is forced to lead his troops in an attempt to stop the tribe. As the press misrepresents the natives' motives and goals for their trek as malicious, Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz (Edward G. Robinson) tries to prevent violence from erupting between the army and the natives. Also featured are James Stewart as Wyatt Earp, Dolores del Río as "Spanish Woman" and Carroll Baker as a pacifist Quaker school teacher and Archer's love interest.
Cast
Silent film star Mae Marsh appears uncredited in her last film role.
Preproduction
John Ford long wanted to make a movie about the Cheyenne exodus. As early as 1957 he wrote a treatment with his son Patrick Ford, envisioning a small-scale drama with non-professional Indian actors. Early drafts of the script drew on Howard Fast's novel The Last Frontier. However, the film ultimately took its plot and title from Mari Sandoz's Cheyenne Autumn, which Ford preferred due to its focus on the Cheyenne. Elements of Fast's novel remain in the finished film however, namely the character of Captain Archer (Murray in the book), the depiction of Carl Schurz and the Dodge City scenes.
Reluctantly abandoning the docudrama idea, Ford wanted Anthony Quinn and Richard Boone to play Dull Knife and Little Wolf, as well-known actors with some Indian ancestry. He also suggested Woody Strode for a role. The studio insisted on Ford's casting Ricardo Montalban and Gilbert Roland.
Filming
The film was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by William H. Clothier, whose work was nominated for an Academy Award. Gilbert Roland earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Editing
The original version was 158 minutes, Ford's longest work. Warner Bros. later decided to edit the "Dodge City" sequence out of the film, reducing the running time to 145 minutes, although it was shown in theaters during the film's initial release. This sequence features James Stewart as Wyatt Earp, and Arthur Kennedy as