Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- attack
- massacre
- private
- wild west
- cheyenne
- us military
- colorado territory
- indigenous peoples
- 1860s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Candice Bergen
Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'
Peter Strauss
Honus Gent
Donald Pleasence
Isaac Q. Cumber
John Anderson
Col. Iverson
- Jorge Rivero — Spotted Wolf
- Dana Elcar — Capt. Battles
- Bob Carraway — Lt. McNair
- Martin West — Lt. Spingarn
- James Hampton — Pvt. Menzies
- Mort Mills — Sgt. O'Hearn
- Jorge Russek — Running Fox
- Aurora Clavel — Indian Woman
- Ralph Nelson — Agent Long
- Marco Antonio Arzate — Kiowa Warrior (uncredited)
- Barbara De Hubp — Mrs. Long (uncredited)
- Directed
- Ralph Nelson
- Written
- John Gay
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 231 ratings
- Studio
- AVCO Embassy Pictures, Katzka-Loeb
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
