Soldier Blue

1970 PG-13 1h 55m

6.8 / 10 222

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6.8/10

222

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After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.

Director Ralph Nelson

Writers

Theodore V. Olsen John Gay

Stars

Candice Bergen Peter Strauss Donald Pleasence

Candice Bergen

Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'

Kiowa Warrior (uncredited)

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Barbara De Hubp

Mrs. Long (uncredited)

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Ron Fletcher

Lt. Mitchell (uncredited)

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Alfredo Tarzan Gutiérrez

Kiowa Indian (uncredited)

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Conrad Hool

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Kiowa Indian (uncredited)

Eddie Little Sky

Indian Scout (uncredited)

Raúl Martínez

Kiowa Indian (uncredited)

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Jose Salas

Kiowa Indian (uncredited)

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Isabel Vázquez

Old Indian Woman (uncredited)

Western Drama

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Wuchak 17 May 2024

7/10

**_Playful Western Romance sandwiched between two brutal massacres_** After a paymaster cavalry unit is slaughtered by the Cheyenne in 1877, a surviving soldier and Indian sympathizer team-up to get back to the nearest fort (Peter Strauss and Candice Bergen). The young man struggles with contempt for what he considers a treasonous attitude along with his growing affection for the brash woman. T...

adorablepanic 15 Apr 2020

4/10

The R-rated cut of SOLDIER BLUE (1970) contains 100 minutes of a G-rated romance, bookended by 15 minutes of graphic, blood-soaked atrocities. Director Ralph Nelson doesn't pull any punches; disfigurement, immolation, decapitation, and impalement (amongst other acts of barbarity) splash across the screen - often in Sam Peckinpah-style slow motion. These opening and closing scenes have power; the p...