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Time Out says

A grimly embarrassing anti-racist Western about the US Cavalry's notorious Sand Creek Indian massacre in 1864. In the interests of propaganda, one might just about stomach the way the massacre itself is turned into a gleefully exploitative gore-fest of blood and amputated limbs; but not when it's associated with a desert romance that's shot like an ad-man's wet dream, all soft focus and sweet nothings. To complete the rout, the script has an unerring instinct for cliché. 'Why, why, why?' yells the appalled hero. Box-office, is the curt answer.

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Release details

UK release:

1970

Duration:

114 mins

Cast and crew

Screenwriter:

John Gay

Cast:

Donald Pleasence, Jorge Rivero, Dana Elcar, Bob Carraway, John Anderson, Peter Strauss, Candice Bergen

Director:

Ralph Nelson

Art Director:

Frank Arrigo

Editor:

Alex Beaton

Cinematography:

Robert B Hauser

Producer:

Gabriel Katzka, Harold Loeb

Music:

Roy Budd

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Rated as: 5/5 (1 rating)

  • My Aunt bought me the DVD, and I'm buying her, in response, a get-well card for her brain, or some Mister Ed re-runs, (which are about 10 times better.)

    stephen jones Tue Feb 8 2011
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  • TM was obviously not around whem the film came out, probably the best of the "western" films of its time. Today the film is outdated by all the new digital gimmicks. I suspect GM would regard AVATAR as a "must see" film,

    gona Tue Sep 14 2010
    Rated as: 5/5
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