Stars: Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Dub Taylor, James Gammon, William Jordan, Corinna Tsopei, Manu Tupou

Director: Elliott Silverstein

Summary: In 1825, John Morgan (Richard Harris), an English aristocrat, is captured by a tribe of Sioux Indians. Hoping to save his own life by proving his worth, Morgan undergoes the long, painful Sun Vow ritual, where he is hung in a tree by the flesh of his chest. This film, which paints a very detailed portrait of the Sioux customs and lifestyle, spawned two sequels: RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE and TRIUMPHS OF A MAN CALLED HORSE.

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American Indians were "cool" in 1970, the year A Man Called Horsemade its vigorous, feverishly real, and occasionally shocking debut alongside Little Big Manand Soldier Blue. Unlike the latter two films, however, Horseis less an allegory for Vietnam-era America and more of a vision quest for historical identity. In one of his defining roles, Richard Harris plays an English aristocrat captured by Dakota Sioux in 1825. Over time, he adopts their way of life and eventually becomes tribal leader--but not before undergoing savage initiation rituals, the most famous of which involves being suspended by blades inserted beneath Harris's pectoral muscles. Horselooks clunky, quaint, and inadvertently demeaning in some respects today, but the film's Native-American milieu is at least defined on its own terms, making no concessions to familiar Western conventions. The real draw is Harris, whose performance has a soulful integrity. --Tom Keogh

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1970
Release Date:	June 7, 2004
Runtime:	109 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 8133
Keywords:	Man, Horse, Called, Westerns
Genre:	Westerns