Cheyenne Autumn1964
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
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Cast
as Capt. Thomas Archer
as Deborah Wright
as Capt. Wessels
as Red Shirt
as Wyatt Earp
as Carl Schurz
as Spanish Woman
as Little Wolf
as Dull Knife
as Doc Holliday
as 2nd Lt. Scott
as Miss Guinevere Plantagenet
as Major Jeff Blair
as Tall Tree
as Mayor Dog Kelly
as 1st Sgt. Stanislaus Wichowsky
as Joe
as Major Braden
as Trail Boss
as Pawnee woman
as Little Bird
as Trail Hand
as Running Deer
as Medicine Man
as Svenson
as Dr. O'Carberry
as Lt. Peterson
as Trooper
as Sergeant of the Guard
as Entertainer
as Entertainer
as Entertainer
as Entertainer
as Trooper Plumtree
as Duchess De Castro
as Trooper Smith
as Cheyenne
as Telegrapher
as Felipe
as Townsman
as Isabelle
as Sen. Henry
as Secretary to Schurz
as Infantry Captain
as Trooper
as Martinez
as Woman
as Trooper
as Trooper
as The Viceroy
as Trooper
as Trooper
as Camilla
as Trooper
as Trooper
as Newspaper Publisher
as Ramon
as Man
as Don Antonio
as Duke De Castro
as Jeremy Wright
as Colonel
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Critic Reviews for Cheyenne Autumn
All Critics (10) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (3)
A sort of frontier Exodus that's filmed with a majestic passion for the wild lands and for its indigenous dwellers.
Somewhere in the telling, the original premise of the Mari Sandoz novel is lost sight of in a wholesale insertion of extraneous incidents which bear little or no relation to the subject.
Over-long, often clichéd and uneven (there are comic interludes complete with cameo performances), but still imbued with moments of true poetry, thanks largely to William Clothier's magnificent Panavision landscapes.
Cheyenne Autumn is a strong film, grandly directed and expertly played by a large cast.
Aside from all this nonsense, it never loses its John Ford touch.
Flawed on several levels, Ford's perception of a proud people seen through a white man's eyes is ultimately a highly compelling and deeply personal apologia.
Audience Reviews for Cheyenne Autumn
In 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.
Super Reviewer
Intriguing.
Super Reviewer
"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?
Super Reviewer
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