Cheyenne Autumn

IMDb link: 0057940
IMDb rating: 6.7 (6,995 votes)
Genres: Drama, Western, History
Director: John Ford, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden
Cast: Carroll Baker, Sal Mineo and others

Release date: 22 Dec 1964
Release year: 1964
Runtime: 154 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: cavalry, noble savage, whiskey, cigar smoking, reference to james fenimore cooper, reference to phillip sheridan, prussian, martinet, overture, intermission

Plot:

When the government agency fails to deliver even the meager supplies due by treaty to the proud Cheyenne tribe in their barren desert reserve, the starving Indians have taken more abuse than it's worth and break it too by embarking on a 1,500 miles journey back to their ancestral hunting grounds. US Cavalry Capt. Thomas Archer is charged with their retrieval, but during the hunt grows to respect their noble courage, and decides to help them.

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