Movie
Soldier Blue
Overview
After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.
Details
- Release date
- 1970-08-12
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Western, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- AVCO Embassy Pictures, Katzka-Loeb
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Candice Bergen as Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'
- Peter Strauss as Honus Gent
- Donald Pleasence as Isaac Q. Cumber
- John Anderson as Col. Iverson
- Jorge Rivero as Spotted Wolf
- Dana Elcar as Capt. Battles
- Bob Carraway as Lt. McNair
- Martin West as Lt. Spingarn
- James Hampton as Pvt. Menzies
- Mort Mills as Sgt. O'Hearn
- Jorge Russek as Running Fox
- Aurora Clavel as Indian Woman
Crew
- Ralph Nelson - Director
- John Gay - Screenplay
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