Chief Crazy Horse (film)

Chief Crazy Horse

Directed by	George Sherman
Produced by	William Alland
Written by	Gerald Drayson Adams (story and screenplay)
Starring	Victor Mature
Cinematography	Harold Lipstein
Edited by	Al Clark
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release dates	April 27, 1955
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.75 million (US)^[1]

Chief Crazy Horse is a 1955 western film released by Universal-International and directed by George Sherman, starring Victor Mature. The film is a fictionalized biography of the Lakota Sioux Chief Crazy Horse that, unusually for the time, portrays the Native American Indians in a more sympathetic light.

It was also known as Valley of Fury.

Plot synopsis

When young Crazy Horse (Victor Mature) wins his bride, rival Little Big Man (Ray Danton) goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. A new gold rush starts and old treaties are torn up. Crazy Horse becomes chief of his people, leading them to war at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

Cast

Victor Mature as Chief Crazy Horse
Suzan Ball as Black Shawl (Little Fawn)
John Lund as Maj. Twist
Ray Danton as Little Big Man
Keith Larsen as Flying Hawk
Paul Guilfoyle as Worm
David Janssen as Lt. Colin Cartwright
Robert Warwick as Spotted Tail
James Millican as General George Crook
Morris Ankrum as Red Cloud/Conquering Bear
Donald Randolph as Aaron Cartwright
Robert F. Simon as Jeff Mantz
James Westerfield as Caleb Mantz
Stuart Randall as Old Man Afraid
Pat Hogan as Dull Knife
Dennis Weaver as Major Carlisle
John Peters as Sgt. Guthrie
Henry Wills as He Dog

Production

Jeff Chandler was originally announced to play the lead.^[2] Instead the part was given to Victor Mature. Filming began in June 1954, on location in Montana and Wyoming.^[3]

References

↑ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
↑ 'Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 21 Mar 1953: 11.
↑ SUBSIDIES TO ITALY ON FILMS DECRIED: Talks on New Agreement Are Seeking End to the Practice, Held 'Dangerous' Precedent By THOMAS M. PRYORSpecial to The New York Times.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 22 May 1954: 8.

External links

Chief Crazy Horse at the Internet Movie Database
Victor Mature at the Internet Movie Database

George Sherman

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