Directed by:
John FordScreenplay:
James R. WebbCinematography:
William H. ClothierComposer:
Alex NorthCast:
Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Dolores del Rio, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Kennedy, Patrick Wayne, Elizabeth Allen (more)Plots(1)
Plagued by ill health and hampered by the obtuse decisions of dull-witted studio chiefs, John Ford had reached a point in his life not unlike that of the tribe he depicts in CHEYENNE AUTUMN, his final Western. A large majority of the remaining 1000 members of the Cheyenne tribe forced onto an Oklahoma reservation in the 1870s have been killed by disease and starvation while waiting a year for promised government aid. Driven by the need to survive, the last 250-odd Indians begin an arduous 1,500 mile trek to their ancestral lands in Wyoming, accompanied by Quaker schoolteacher Deborah Wright (Carroll Baker). The army dispatches Capt. Thomas Archer (Richard Widmark), Deborah's fiancé, to pursue the Cheyenne, a task for which he has little liking. En route, the hot-blooded Red Shirt (Sal Mineo) battles with army troops, and the incidents are exaggerated by the press, which calls for a vigorous response to the "marauding savages." As the journey continues, the stoic Cheyenne must endure the rank stupidity and malign indifference of their Caucasian usurpers. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Harry Carey Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831448_b1d103.jpg)
Harry Carey Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Man of the East (1972)
Rio Bravo (1959)
![Denver Pyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886386_8f3669.jpg)
Denver Pyle
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) (TV movie)
![Ken Curtis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003753_901342.gif)
Ken Curtis
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
The Quiet Man (1952)
![John Qualen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792766_12ea22.jpg)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Willis Bouchey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354674_4229af.jpg)
Willis Bouchey
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Maurice Manson
Canada
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Chase (1966)
![Bing Russell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000132_f67b62.jpg)
Bing Russell
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
![James Flavin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000167_c82328.jpg)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Chuck Roberson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288177_cd5a00.jpg)
Chuck Roberson
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
El Dorado (1966)
Spartacus (1960)
![Bert Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256255_85bf54.jpg)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Walter Baldwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162682_4e20bd.jpg)
Walter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
![Sean McClory](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162686_3fd208.jpg)
Sean McClory
Ireland
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Mary Poppins (1964)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Philo McCullough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228285_5b57ea.jpg)
Philo McCullough
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Danny Borzage
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Vertigo (1958)
Michael Jeffers
UK
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
![Harry Holcombe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/527/159527878_3572d2.jpg)
Harry Holcombe
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Young Savages (1961)
![William Henry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712087_e6e028.jpg)
William Henry
USA
Best movies:
El Dorado (1966)
One Man Mutiny (1955)
Showdown (1963)
![Charles Seel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/886/159886137_81627c.jpg)
Charles Seel
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Duel (1971) (TV movie)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Cap Somers
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)