Cheyenne Autumn

Name: Cheyenne Autumn
Genre: Western
Released: 1964-10-15
Duration: 2 h 37 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Dolores del Río

1,500 miles of heroism and incredible adventure!

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Timing: 2:37 (157 min)

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Video for the film Cheyenne Autumn — Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in Dodge City

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Release date

1964-10-15

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Ford-Smith Productions

Genre

Western

Budget

$4 200 000

Box office

$10 980

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Director

John Ford

Actors

Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Dolores del Río, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Kennedy, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson
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Scenario

Producer

John Ford, Bernard Smith

Camera operator

William H. Clothier

Composer

Alex North

Artist

Audition

Editing

Otho Lovering, David Hawkins
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Short description

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

What's left behind the scenes

A long time ago, Richard Widmark (1914-2008) commissioned a study on the subject of the film at Yale University. He gave the resulting materials to John Ford, but the topic did not interest him at the time. Many years passed before Ford changed his mind, and since he still had the materials, he cast Widmark in the lead role.
Little Wolf was the chief of the Cheyenne tribe in 1878. He and another chief led the Cheyenne from the reservation in Oklahoma back to Montana, through numerous US Army cavalrymen attempting to stop them. The Northern Cheyenne exodus served as the basis for this film.
The final duel between the characters, played by Ricardo Montalban (1920-2009) and Sal Mineo, was filmed on the day President of the United States John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was assassinated in Dallas. It is claimed that John Ford was so saddened by the assassination of the first American president of Irish descent that he ordered a one-day break in filming; however, surviving documents indicate that only this duel scene was scheduled for that day (and was already filmed when the news arrived), and after lunch, the film crew left the location in Utah as planned.
Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) was originally considered for the role of the Minister of Internal Affairs, but he suffered a stroke and was replaced by Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973). All of his scenes were filmed on set.
Director John Ford (1894-1973) forbade Sal Mineo (1939-1976) from speaking on camera because his accent immediately revealed him as being from the Bronx.
Navajo Native Americans were cast in the roles of Cheyenne Indians, and they spoke Navajo (mostly telling each other rude jokes).