Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 · 2 hr 34 min · PG

Drama, History, Western

Directors

John Ford

Actors

  • Richard Widmark
  • Carroll Baker
  • Karl Malden

Credits: 2

Summary

The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.

More about this movie

When the government agency fails to deliver even the meager supplies due by treaty to the proud Cheyenne tribe in their barren desert reserve, the starving Indians have taken more abuse than it's worth and break it too by embarking on a 1,500 miles journey back to their ancestral hunting grounds. US Cavalry Capt. Thomas Archer is charged with their retrieval, but during the hunt grows to respect their noble courage, and decides to help them.