Le Grand Chef

Titre original : Chief Crazy Horse

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Victor Mature and Suzan Ball in Le Grand Chef (1955)

This biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThis biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.This biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.This biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.

Réalisation
- George Sherman
Scénario
- Franklin Coen
- Gerald Drayson Adams
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

6,1/10

711

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- George Sherman
Scénario
- Franklin Coen
- Gerald Drayson Adams
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Anecdotes
Final film of Suzan Ball. NOTE: Her right leg had been amputated five months before filming began in June 1954, and she was now moving with the aid of an artificial limb. She died a few months after the film was released, age 21. Any scenes requiring more than taking a few careful steps were accomplished by the use of a double, photographed from the rear.

Gaffes
In some scenes General Crook has three stars in each shoulder strap, indicating the rank of lieutenant general, when he was only a brigadier general in 1876-1877. Possibly Crook's Sioux nickname of "three stars" - influenced the costume designer.

Citations
Chief Crazy Horse: How many times must the white man break his word? How short are your memories that you can again accept their promises? Has Olm Man Afraid forgotten the peace talks on the Shell River? Has Sitting Bull forgotten the peace talks at Blue Water? Has Dull Knife forgotten the peace talks at Sand Creek? And Red Cloud, has he forgotten our people who came to this fort before us, who have grown sick and old before their time? No, our nation will not be divided as it was at Shell River, at Blue Water and at Sand Creek. I would like to ask my friend, Twist, a question. Why is today's promises any different from those of yesterday?
Major Twist: All I know is the Commissioner wants this fighting stopped.
Chief Crazy Horse: He's put his name to the paper too many times before.
Major Twist: Always as a friend of the Lakota.
Chief Crazy Horse: Then the Lakotas prefer its enemies! I set my face against this treaty. This is our country... the sacred land of our fathers. I will fight for it... and I will die for it!

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Featured in Legends of the West (1992)

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Victor Mature's tragic warrior of the prophecy

This fine western traces the life of the Sioux warrior, from the time when he received his vision as a boy, his battles against red and white enemies, and finishes with his betrayal and murder by a fellow Lakota. Victor Mature is good as the Lakota warrior who is one of the most tragic figures in western history. The film examines the petty disputes among the Indians who could not present a unified front in the face of white westward expansion, especially the rush to the Black Hills in search of gold. The film shows two of Crazy Horse's famous battles, the Fetterman and Rosebud engagements to good effect but the Custer fight gets only a brief mention and is glossed over almost as an afterthought. The widescreen CinemaScope is excellent and bathes the beautiful landscapes of the Black Hills and the Badlands with beautiful color. The music by Frank Skinner is a dramatic and heroic accompaniment to a fine film that pays tribute to a great American.