As far as I know Colonel Iverson's attack and massacre on a Cheyenne village was a true fact in American history and this is what "Soldier Blue" is about. But with that as a final target director Ralph Nelson builds a most entertaining and enjoyable western as a rookie soldier escapes through Indian territory with a white woman rescued from the Cheyennes.
Candice Bergen and Peter Strauss play convincingly the main couple and Donald Pleasence is excellent as a colorful and truly nasty gun trader. On the other hand, I don't think Jorge Rivero was a good choice for the Indian chief simply because his all-gymnasium-built-physic doesn't fit here at all, but this doesn't really hurt the picture.
The final sequences with the soldiers attacking the Indian camp is really surprising for its incredible violence and sadism, beheading included (there's a pretty similar scene in John Ford's "The Searchers" but it is not as disturbing and shocking as this one).
A very good product in the genre.
Candice Bergen and Peter Strauss play convincingly the main couple and Donald Pleasence is excellent as a colorful and truly nasty gun trader. On the other hand, I don't think Jorge Rivero was a good choice for the Indian chief simply because his all-gymnasium-built-physic doesn't fit here at all, but this doesn't really hurt the picture.
The final sequences with the soldiers attacking the Indian camp is really surprising for its incredible violence and sadism, beheading included (there's a pretty similar scene in John Ford's "The Searchers" but it is not as disturbing and shocking as this one).
A very good product in the genre.