Little Big Man 1970
7.5 / 10
Little Big Man
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
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... Jack Crabb
... Mrs. Louise Pendrake
... Old Lodge Skins
... Mr. Merriweather
... Gen. George Armstrong Custer
... Wild Bill Hickok
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See All 1 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by John Chard
There is an endless supply of white men. There has always been a limited number of human beings. Little Big Man is directed by Arthur Penn and written by Calder Willingham. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George and Richard Mulligan. Arthur Penn's Little Big Man is tagged with many filmic sayings, be it revisionist or anti Western etc, it's a picture much cherished for its oddly quirky slyness. Allegorical movies are now in this day and age ten a penny, but back in 1970, with the Vietnam War in vivid focus, that wasn't the case. Marking this out as a provocative and ambitious venture. Penn has fun debunking and poking fun at the myths of the Old West via an array of pungent characters that Jack Crabb (Hoffman) meets in his lifetime. All of which leads to the question hanging in the air, that of is Jack Crabb the sole white man survivor of Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn? The portrayal of the Indians, here the Cheyenne, is superlative by way of the fact that they are the sensible spiritual race, the whites on the other hand are emotionally corrupt in comparison. It gets a little heavy handed at times and really half an hour could have been shaved off the running time and still the pic would have had the same effect. But great performances, the quirks and the potent thematics make for a fine piece of film making. 7/10
Release Date:
Dec 23, 1970 (United States)
Run Time:
2hr 19`
MMPA Rating:
PG-13
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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There is an endless supply of white men. There has always been a limited number of human beings. Little Big Man is directed by Arthur Penn and written by Calder Willingham. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George and Richard Mulligan. Arthur Penn's Little Big Man is tagged with many filmic sayings, be it revisionist or anti Western etc, it's a picture much cherished for its oddly quirky slyness. Allegorical movies are now in this day and age ten a penny, but back in 1970, with the Vietnam War in vivid focus, that wasn't the case. Marking this out as a provocative and ambitious venture. Penn has fun debunking and poking fun at the myths of the Old West via an array of pungent characters that Jack Crabb (Hoffman) meets in his lifetime. All of which leads to the question hanging in the air, that of is Jack Crabb the sole white man survivor of Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn? The portrayal of the Indians, here the Cheyenne, is superlative by way of the fact that they are the sensible spiritual race, the whites on the other hand are emotionally corrupt in comparison. It gets a little heavy handed at times and really half an hour could have been shaved off the running time and still the pic would have had the same effect. But great performances, the quirks and the potent thematics make for a fine piece of film making. 7/10
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Little Big Man
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... Director
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Mike Moder... Assistant Director
Cast
... Jack Crabb
... Mrs. Louise Pendrake
... Old Lodge Skins
... Mr. Merriweather
... Gen. George Armstrong Custer
... Wild Bill Hickok
... Sunshine
... Historian
... Major
... Deacon
... Shotgun Guard
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... Lieutenant (as Jess Vint)
... Rev. Silas Pendrake
... Mr. Kane - Drugstore Proprietor
... Captain
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Ray Dimas... Young Jack Crabb
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Alan Howard... Adolescent Jack Crabb
... Card Player with Full House
... Younger Bear as a Youth
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