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The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976) In the 1840s, trappers with government backing push the Yellow Hands Sioux off their sacred land; they retreat into an apocalyptic spirituality, passively waiting for supernatural wrath to descend on their usurpers. Meanwhile, in England, Lord John Morgan feels his spirit weaken, so he returns to America to live again with the Yellow Hand. Finding them dispirited, he invigorates them as well as himself through self-imposed torture and other rituals. Once he convinces the clan to take direct action, Horse must devise a strategy to take the trappers' fort. The clan's women and boys take on special assignments to aid the assault to regain the sacred land.
Director
Irvin Kershner
Writers
Jack DeWitt (written by)
Dorothy M. Johnson (characters)
Cast
Richard Harris... John Morgan
Gale Sondergaard... Elk Woman
Geoffrey Lewis... Zenas
William Lucking... Tom Gryce (as Bill Lucking)
Jorge Luke... Running Bull
Jorge Russek... Blacksmith
Claudio Brook... Chemin De Fer (as Claudio Brooke)
Enrique Lucero... Raven
Regino Herrera... Lame Wolf
Pedro Damián... Standing Bear (as Pedro Damian)
Humberto López... Thin Dog (as Humberto Lopez)
Alberto Mariscal... Red Cloud
Eugenia Dolores... Brown Dove
Patricia Reyes Spíndola... Gray Thorn
Ana De Sade... Moon Star
Trivia
- Director Irvin Kershner has said that of all his films, this one has the best score (by Laurence Rosenthal), as it plays like a small scale opera.
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