Little Big Man (1970)

139 min · LGBTQ-related film, Late Western, Satire, Western film, action film, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, flashback film, historical film, revisionist Western, war film

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Directors

Arthur Penn

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan

The story

The film is framed with narration by 121-year-old Jack Crabb, who is telling his life story to a historian. In 1859, ten-year-old Jack and his sister Caroline survive the massacre of their parents by the Pawnee, and are rescued by Shadow, a Cheyenne brave, who takes the siblings to his village. Caroline escapes, but Jack remains and is reared by the goodhearted tribal leader, Old Lodge Skins.

Catalogue themes and tags

Indian, Kampf, Pistole, Settler, Wild West, Adventure, Epic Western, History, Indian Western, Western, Action/Adventure, Revisionist Western, Period piece, Drama, Comedy, War film, Black comedy, Action, New Hollywood

Genres

LGBTQ-related film, Late Western, Satire, Western film, action film, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, flashback film, historical film, revisionist Western, war film

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