Cheyenne Autumn
- Richard Widmark: Captain Archer
- Carroll Baker: Deborah Wright
- Karl Malden: Captain Sir Oscar Wessels
- Ricardo Montalbán: Little Wolf
- Gilbert Roland: Dull Knife
- Sal Mineo: Red Shirt
- Dolores del Río: Spanish woman
- Arthur Kennedy: Doc Holliday
- James Stewart: Wyatt Earp
- John Carradine: Major Blair
- Patrick Wayne: Lieutenant Scott
- Edward G. Robinson: Interior Minister
- Denver Pyle: Senator Henry
- Harry Carey Jr.: Smith
- Ben Johnson: Plumtree
- George O'Brien: Major Braden
- Elizabeth Allen: Mrs. Plantagenet
Cheyenne is an American Western directed by John Ford in 1964, which is usually interpreted as his " apology" to the American Indians. The screenplay by James R. Webb based on the novel by Mari Sandoz.
Action
The very meager food rations, which provides the government the Indians of the tribe of Cheyenne in their reserves, are set. The Indians under the leadership of their chiefs Dull Knife and Little Wolf embark on a strenuous 1,500 -mile march from their reservations in Oklahoma to their ancestral hunting grounds in Montana. Captain Archer of the U.S. Cavalry, they should stop and bring them back to the reservation. The press, however, rumored that the Cheyenne have left from fraudulent and malicious reasons, their reserve. The Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz trying to prevent fighting between the army and the Indians. Meanwhile, Archer's respect for the noble people become bigger and bigger, and he decides to help them.
Background
The role of the Home Secretary should play Spencer Tracy. But Tracy suffered a heart attack and had to be replaced by Edward G. Robinson.
Ford wanted to occupy the chief roles with Richard Boone and Anthony Quinn, both of which have Indian ancestors. Montalban and Roland, who got the roles, however, have no Indian, but Mexican ancestors.
The Cheyenne depicted in the film were played by members of the people of the Diné.
Synchronization
The German synchronous processing was 1964/1965. /
Criticism
The lexicon of international film describes the film as "an ethos of respect and responsibility mitmenschlicher embossed Western by John Ford; masterly in image composition, notable mainly by its epic qualities and unusual narrative perspective from the point of view of the Indians. "