Rent Run of the Arrow (1957)
3.5 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 21min
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- Synopsis:
- R1865. The American civil War is over and the Confederacy is in flames. Embittered and disillusioned, Southern soldier Private O'Meara (Rod Steiger) heads west to find his destiny on the Frontier, accompanied by his old Indian friend, Walking Coyote. Attacked by a renegade band of Sioux Indians, O'Meara and Walking Coyote are forced to suffer a terrifying endurance test - the Run of the Arrow. His companion dies but O'Meara lives and becomes accepted into the Sioux Nation. As all-out war looms on the Frontier, O'Meara tries to negotiate a treat) between the Indians and Cavalry - but the bitter legacy of the Civil War threatens to poison O'Meara's judgment...
- Actors:
- Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen, Charles Bronson, Olive Carey, H.M. Wynant, Neyle Morrow, Frank DeKova, Tim McCoy, Stuart Randall, Frank Warner, Billy Miller, Chuck Hayward, Chuck Roberson, Roscoe Ates, Emile Avery, Frank Baker, Tex Holden
- Directors:
- Samuel Fuller
- Producers:
- Samuel Fuller
- Voiced By:
- Angie Dickinson
- Writers:
- Samuel Fuller
- Studio:
- DD Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics
- Collections:
- 21 Reasons to Love, 21 Reasons to Love..Modern Westerns
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Reviews (2) of Run of the Arrow
Rebels Hate - Run of the Arrow review by NO
Strange Western-tries to be an Epic like Dances with Wolves but does not make it.Seems as if
parts were missing on the DVD-we do not see the initiation rite ,Steiger learning Sioux,or his
argument about attacking the Fort & the quicksand incident is not mentioned.Whether these
& other "jumps" were in the original film I do not know.Was it necessa ry for him to have an
Irish Accent? Ended abruptly but worth seeing.
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Fuller Tilt - Run of the Arrow review by griggs
Westerns have a habit of finding romance in the lost cause, and Samuel Fuller’s oddity does it with at least one eye open — acknowledging the Confederacy’s crimes rather than simply laundering them into noble defeat. Rod Steiger plays a bitter Reb who, unable to live in the United States he hates, throws his lot in with the Lakota Sioux. Fuller attacks the premise with anarchic glee.
Steiger somehow manages to overplay and underplay at the same time. The politics are scrappier than most Fifties westerns would dare, even when the film starts sinking into narrative quicksand — yes, that childhood menace I assumed would be a much bigger adult problem. Run of the Arrow is Fuller firing with one barrel loaded.
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