The final duel between Little Wolf and Red Shirt was shot on the day that President John F. Robinson, whose scenes were entirely photographed in studios, including the climatic meeting scene between Shultz and the Cheyenne chiefs, in which the background had to be done with screen process. Spencer Tracy was first cast as the secretary of interior Karl Shultz, but had a heart attack and was replaced by Edward G. Ricardo Montalban and Gilbert Roland, who were of Mexican descent, were cast instead. He later quipped to Stewart that the actor was the "best intermission" in the movies.Īccording to Joseph McBride's "Searching for John John", John Ford was urged to cast Richard Boone and Anthony Quinn as the Little Wolf and Dull Knife characters, as both had Native American blood. Ford didn't want people leaving the auditorium to go the bathroom or concessions counter, even though the film was long, and so he came up with the Wyatt Earp segment. The "Cheyenne" are actually Navajo, telling dirty jokes in their native tongue.Īccording to both John Ford and James Stewart, Ford added the segment with Stewart in place of an intermission. Clothier (director of photography) (as William Clothier) Howard Fast (novel "The Last Frontier") uncredited Mari Sandoz (suggested by "Cheyenne Autumn") Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)Ĭharles Seel. Jessie - Texas Trail Boss (uncredited)īing Russell. Infantry Captain (uncredited)īen Johnson. Robinson Sergeant of the Guard (Uncredited) Skinny - Texas Cattle Drover (uncredited) Jeremy Wright - Deborah's Uncle (uncredited) Spanish Woman (as Dolores Del Rio)Įdward G. Thomas Archer is charged with their retrieval, but during the hunt grows to respect their noble courage, and decides to help them.ĭolores del Rio. 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 then it's worth and break it too by embarking on a 1,500 miles journey back to their ancestral hunting grounds.
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