Review of Cheyenne Autumn (1964) by Bob L — 02 Sep 2011
What the hell was going on in John Fords head?!! This would have been a 4 star rating. Ricardo Montalban and Richard Widmark portray a story that explains the exploitation and degradation of the Cheyenne people, using foreign language and with a very mature angle of no subtitles or hokey accented actors.
All goes swimmingly with decent acting, great cinematic vistas and good story telling, UNTIL... about an hour an a half in, we cut to an unrelated story in Dodge City with James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy and John Carradine portraying a comedic card game between Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp which blusters it's unwelcome way through about 20 minutes before jumping sharply back to Widmarks quest to help the Cheyenne tribe.
Crazy. I suppose Ford thought that the film needed a moment of light relief. How wrong. What should have been a classic, ruined.
This review of Cheyenne Autumn (1964) was written by Bob L on 02 Sep 2011.
Cheyenne Autumn has generally received mixed reviews.
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