A Man Called Horse (1970)

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  • A MAN CALLED HORSE


    DIRECTED BY ELLIOT SILVERSTIEN
    PRODUCED BY FRANK BRILL/ SANDY HOWARD
    CINEMA CENTER FILMS



    Information from IMDB


    Plot Summary
    In 1825 an English aristocrat is captured by Indians.
    He lives with them and begins to understand/accept their lifestyles.
    Eventually he is accepted as part of the tribe and becomes their leader.
    Written by Scott Lane


    Full Cast
    Richard Harris ... John Morgan
    Judith Anderson ... Buffalo Cow Head (as Dame Judith Anderson)
    Jean Gascon ... Batise
    Manu Tupou ... Yellow Hand
    Corinna Tsopei ... Running Deer
    Dub Taylor ... Joe
    James Gammon ... Ed
    William Jordan ... Bent
    Eddie Little Sky ... Black Eagle
    Michael Baseleon ... Longfoot
    Lina Marín ... Thorn Rose (as Lina Marin)
    Tamara Garina ... Elk Woman
    Terry Leonard ... Striking Bear
    Iron Eyes Cody ... Medicine Man
    Tom Tyon ... Medicine Man
    Jackson Tail ... Medicine Man
    Manuel Padilla Jr. ... Leaping Buck
    Lloyd One Star ... Warrior
    James Never Miss a Shot ... Warrior
    Frank Rabbit Jr. ... Warrior
    Samuel White Horse ... Warrior
    Justin Thin Elk ... Warrior
    Lawrence Old Cross ... Warrior
    Ardene Turning Bear ... Warrior
    Aloysius Eagleman ... Warrior
    Ross Kills Enemy ... Warrior
    Ben Black Bear ... Warrior
    Richard Fool Bull ... Warrior
    Bruce Pretty Bird ... Warrior
    Phillip Clark ... (uncredited)
    Ben Eagleman ... (uncredited)
    Lee Schaff Guardino ... Sioux Woman (voice) (uncredited)
    Edward Little ... (uncredited)
    Sonny Skyhawk ... Member of the Yellow Hand Band (uncredited)
    Vince St. Cyr ... Warrior (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Jack DeWitt (screenplay) (as Jack De Witt)
    Dorothy M. Johnson (story)


    Original Music
    Leonard Rosenman


    Cinematography
    Robert B. Hauser


    Trivia
    Based on a 1958 segment of the TV series Wagon Train, bearing the same title.


    Wagon Train 1957 The Man called Horse, it is the same story as this movie,
    with a few changes, even chief with two sisters, and a slave to Yellow Rope's mother.


    The story is based on Cabeza de Vaca's real life.
    A soldier from Spain that in 1528 suffered all that happens in this movie.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Custer State Park - 13329 U.S. Highway 16A, Custer, South Dakota, USA
    Durango, Mexico


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • A Man Called Horse is a 1970 American Western film
    starring Richard Harris and directed by Elliot Silverstein.


    . Based on a short story by Dorothy M. Johnson,
    "A Man Called Horse", published in 1950 in Collier's magazine and again in 1968
    in Johnson's book Indian Country.


    The basic story was used in a 1958 episode
    of the TV show Wagon Train titled "A Man Called Horse".
    Partially spoken in Sioux, the film tells the history of an English aristocrat,
    John Morgan, who is captured by the Sioux people.

    User Review

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    Spectacular and Powerful Classic Western
    25 February 2005 | by Claudio Carvalho (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)


    In 1825, the Sioux, leaded by Yellow Hand (Manu Tupou), capture the English nobleman John Morgan (Richard Harris), while hunting in the United States of America. John is brutally treated like an animal by the Indian, and is given to help Buffalo Cow Head (Judith Anderson), the mother of Yellow Hand, as if he were a horse. Without understanding the language and behavior of the Sioux, he is helped by Batise (Jean Gascon), a white man made prisoner and mutilated by the Indians five years ago. Batise translates and explains the Sioux's culture for John, plotting to escape some day back to the civilization with him. After an undefined long time later, John loses his snobbish behavior and is reasonably integrated to the Sioux. One day, he kills two enemies Shoshones, who were spying and stalking the Sioux, and gains the respect of the Sioux and love of the sister of Yellow Hand, Running Deer (Corinna Tsopei). John marries Running Deer and integrates to their culture, and after a tragic attack of the Shoshones to the Sioux tribe, he becomes their leader. "A Man Called Horse" is a spectacular and powerful classic western of the 70's. The first time I saw this movie, I was a teenager and left the theater completely astonished with such a different story in that time and the violence of the scenes. Two days ago, I bought the VHS and yesterday I saw it again, and it is still a very impressive film, with magnificent performances of the cast, highlighting Richard Harris and Judith Anderson. The production is very careful, being mostly spoken in Sioux, and depicting in a realistic way, the life, the behavior, the common laws and the moral practices of the Sioux. I believe that "A Man Called Horse", with the Sioux, "Soldier Blue", with the Cheyenne and "Little Big Man", all of them from 1970, were among the first movies to show the lives of prisoners of the North American Indians in their tribes. The amazing scene of John Morgan suspended by his chest in an Indian ceremony is unforgettable and very impressive. My vote is ten.


    Title (Brazil): "Um Homem Chamado Cavalo" ("Spectacular Classic Western")

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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