Chief Crazy Horse (film)
1955 film by George Sherman
- April 1955 (1955-04)
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Chief Crazy Horse is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Victor Mature, Suzan Ball and John Lund.[2] The film is a fictionalized biography of the Lakota Sioux Chief Crazy Horse. It was also known as Valley of Fury.
Plot
When young Crazy Horse (Victor Mature) wins his bride, rival Little Big Man (Ray Danton) goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. A new gold rush starts and old treaties are torn up. Crazy Horse becomes chief of his people, leading them to war at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Cast
- Victor Mature as Crazy Horse
- Suzan Ball as Black Shawl
- John Lund as Major Twist
- Ray Danton as Little Big Man
- Keith Larsen as Flying Hawk
- Paul Guilfoyle as Worm
- David Janssen as Lt. Colin Cartwright
- Robert Warwick as Spotted Tail
- James Millican as General Crook
- Morris Ankrum as Red Cloud
- Donald Randolph as Aaron Cartwright
- Robert F. Simon as Jeff Mantz
- James Westerfield as Caleb Mantz
- Stuart Randall as Old Man Afraid
- Pat Hogan as Dull Knife
- Dennis Weaver as Maj. Carlisle
- John Peters as Sgt. Guthrie
- Henry Wills as He Dog
Production
Jeff Chandler was originally announced to play the lead.[3] Instead the part was given to Victor Mature. Filming began in June 1954, on location in Montana and Wyoming.[4] This was the final film of Suzan Ball who died of cancer four months after the film was released.
Reception
Bosley Crowther wrote that the film was "just a series of hit-and-holler clashes between the Indians and the United States Cavalry" and "[s]o monotonous, indeed, are these forays that when they finally get around to the famous slaughter of Custer's troop at the Little Big Horn it is just another routine episode--even though it is later mentioned as the great victory that the old chief prophesied".[2]
See also
References
- ^ "1955's Top Film Grossers". Variety. January 25, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Archive.org.
- ^ a b Crowther, Bosley (April 28, 1955). "The Screen: Warpath; Chief Crazy Horse and Tribe Attack Cavalry". The New York Times.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (March 21, 1953). "'Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.
- ^ Pryor, Thomas M. (May 22, 1954). "Subsidies to Italy on Films Decried: Talks on New Agreement Are Seeking End to the Practice, Held 'Dangerous' Precedent". The New York Times. p. 8.
External links
- Chief Crazy Horse at IMDb
- Chief Crazy Horse at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Chief Crazy Horse at the TCM Movie Database
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Films directed by George Sherman
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- The Purple Vigilantes (1938)
- Outlaws of Sonora (1938)
- Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
- Heroes of the Hills (1938)
- Pals of the Saddle (1938)
- Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
- Rhythm of the Saddle (1938)
- Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
- Red River Range (1938)
- Mexicali Rose (1939)
- The Night Riders (1939)
- Three Texas Steers (1939)
- Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
- Colorado Sunset (1939)
- New Frontier (1939)
- The Kansas Terrors (1939)
- Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
- Cowboys from Texas (1939)
- South of the Border (1939)
- Ghost Valley Raiders (1940)
- Covered Wagon Days (1940)
- Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940)
- One Man's Law (1940)
- The Tulsa Kid (1940)
- Under Texas Skies (1940)
- Frontier Vengeance (1940)
- The Trail Blazers (1940)
- Texas Terrors (1940)
- Lone Star Raiders (1940)
- Wyoming Wildcat (1941)
- The Phantom Cowboy (1941)
- Two Gun Sheriff (1941)
- Desert Bandit (1941)
- Kansas Cyclone (1941)
- Citadel of Crime (1941)
- The Apache Kid (1941)
- Death Valley Outlaws (1941)
- A Missouri Outlaw (1941)
- Arizona Terrors (1942)
- Stagecoach Express (1942)
- Jesse James, Jr. (1942)
- The Cyclone Kid (1942)
- The Sombrero Kid (1942)
- X Marks the Spot (1942)
- London Blackout Murders (1943)
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- False Faces (1943)
- The West Side Kid (1943)
- A Scream in the Dark (1943)
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- The Lady and the Monster (1944)
- Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
- The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
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- The Enemy General (1960)
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- The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)
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