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John Ford's late-career mea culpa disguised as a Western epic.
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IMDb
67
Rotten Tomatoes
60
Audience Score
43
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Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

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Overview

Western

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

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native americancavalrycheyenneoklahoma

Standout Aspects

Direction

Ford's final Western, grappling with his own mythology.

Cinematography

Monument Valley one last time, but elegiac not triumphant.

Acting

Sal Mineo commits hard; comic relief subplot nearly sinks it.

Best for:Solo: When you want to wrestle with Ford's complicated legacy.·Rewatch: Second viewing reveals what he's actually apologizing for.
Heads up:Disturbing: Historical violence against Indigenous peoples, sanitized by studio.·Emotional: Trail of Tears-adjacent suffering; not your dad's triumphant Western.
John Ford

Director

John Ford

ReleasedOct 15, 1964
Runtime2h 37m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Budget$4.2M·Revenue$11.0K
Ford-Smith Productions

Top Cast

Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Capt. Thomas Archer

Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker

Deborah Wright

Karl Malden

Karl Malden

Capt. Wessels

Sal Mineo

Sal Mineo

Red Shirt

Dolores del Río

Dolores del Río

Spanish woman

Ricardo Montalban

Ricardo Montalban

Little Wolf

Gilbert Roland

Gilbert Roland

Dull Knife

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Doc Holliday

James Stewart

James Stewart

Wyatt Earp

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz

Patrick Wayne

Patrick Wayne

Second Lieut. Scott

Elizabeth Allen

Elizabeth Allen

Guinevere Plantagenet

John Carradine

John Carradine

Jeff Blair

Victor Jory

Victor Jory

Tall Tree

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

Sr. First Sergeant

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Ford called this his 'epitaph' for Native Americans—critics note he finally saw what he'd done.

Trivia

The Cheyenne language spoken is often gibberish; Native consultants were ignored by the studio.

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