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Soldier Blue (1970)

R 08/12/1970 (US) Western, Action, Drama 1h 52m

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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.

Ralph Nelson

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John Gay

Screenplay
Theodore V. Olsen

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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
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A review by adorablepanic

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Written by adorablepanic on April 15, 2020

The R-rated cut of SOLDIER BLUE (1970) contains 100 minutes of a G-rated romance, bookended by 15 minutes of graphic, blood-soaked atrocities. Director Ralph Nelson doesn't pull any punches; disfigurement, immolation, decapitation, and impalement (amongst other acts of barbarity) splash across the screen - often in Sam Peckinpah-style slow motion. These opening and closing scenes have power; the problem is the 100 minutes we have to spend with the one-dimensional survivors of the initial Indian assault. Candice Bergen and Peter Strauss are given generic, facile characters to interpret; one is n... read the rest.

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