Movie
Little Big Man
Western film with a runtime of 147 minutes, released in 1970. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Adapted from the novel by Thomas Berger, Little Big Man opens with the spoken reminiscences of 121-year-old Jack Crabbe (Dustin Hoffman, immersed in tons of age makeup). In flashbacks, we see how, as a young and wide-eyed frontiersman, Crabbe is adopted by an Indian tribe led by philosophy-spouting Chief Dan George. The film's highlight is the Little Big Horn massacre, with megalomaniac General Custer (Richard Mulligan) self-destructing as Crabbe looks on. Faye Dunaway shows up along the way as a sensual preacher's wife, who later becomes the jaded object of Wild Bill Hickok's (Jeff Corey) affection. The ingenuous Crabbe at hand during virtually every highpoint of Western history. To prepare for the scenes in which Crabbe is one hundred-plus, Hoffman screamed for hours in order to give his voice the proper parched timbre. Little Big Man seldom falters during its 150 minutes, but time has taken some of the lustre off this once highly-praised frontier fable.
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Cast
- Dustin Hoffman
- Chief Dan George
- Faye Dunaway
- Martin Balsam
- Richard Mulligan
- Jeff Corey
- Amy Eccles
- Robert Little Star
- Cal Bellini
- Carol Androsky
- Kelly Jean Peters
- Ruben Moreno
- Steve Shemayne
- William Hickey
- James Anderson
- Jesse Vint
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Thayer David
- Aimee Eccles
- Philip Kenneally
- Jack Bannon
- Ray Dimas
- Alan Howard
- Jack Mullaney
- Steve Miranda
- Lou Cutell
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Phil Kenneally
- Emily Cho
- Cecelia Kootenay
- Linda Dyer
- Leonard George
- Norman Nathan
- Helen Verbit
- Bert Conway
- Earl Rosell
- Ken Mayer
- Bud Cokes
- Rory O'Brien
- Tracy Hotchner
- Don Brodie
- Herbert Nelson
- Dorothy Jeakins
- Hal Needham
- Dede Allen
- Harry Stradling Jr.
- Angelo P. Graham
- Terry Miles
- George R. Nelson
- Bud Alper
- Logan Frazee
- Dick Smith
- Richard Portman
- Richard Marks
- Dean Tavoularis
- Calder Willingham
- Al Overton Jr.
- Angelo Graham
