
Cheyenne Autumn
1964, Western, 2h 39m
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Capt. Thomas Archer
Deborah Wright
Wyatt Earp
Capt. Wessels
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Feb 22, 2022"Noble failure" isn't an entirely accurate description but it also isn't far off either. The problem here is the screenplay that oversimplifies a lot of history but even with that Ford stages some scenes beautifully (i.e. the battle at the fort and its aftermath) so I don't think its worth completely disregarding.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Jun 04, 2010In 1878 a band of Cheyenne, tired of the conditions that they were enduring, broke the reservation and started north to their native homelands in Wyoming. They were led by their three chiefs played by Victor Jory, Ricardo Montalban, and Gilbert Roland. Jory dies along the way. The army goes after them and Captain Richard Widmark takes command after Major George O'Brien is killed. Widmark has another reason for pursuit. It seems as though school teacher Carroll Baker is with the fleeing Cheyenne. Baker gives poignancy to her portrayal of a young Quaker woman, who considers it her Christian duty to look after the orphan children of the Cheyenne. Richard Widmark and Edward G. Robinson enact Americans with a conscience, none too happy with the assignments required by their government and reluctantly lead his troops in pursuit of the tribe. Envision a journey on foot against hostile terrain and enemy soldiers, and this will make anyone appreciate just what these people did to maintain their honor and freedom. However the story is bizarrely interrupted by a lengthy James Stewart and Arthur Kennedy as Wyatt Earp and and Doc Holliday scene in the middle of the film that is not remotely connected to the main theme and left me just a little confused.Deb S Super Reviewer
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Sep 24, 2007"A dream is a dead end disguised as an escape." Very beautiful, very flawed. 1,500 mile epic journey never seems to leave Monument Valley. Was John Ford saying something or was he just lazy?
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