Combining an unusual appreciation of the vicissitudes of frontier life with an elegiac sense of the plight of native Americans, CHEYENNE WARRIOR is a thinking man's western. It's a welcome throwback to the traditions of the genre, set against a breathtaking wilderness backdrop which
virtually emerges as a character in itself.
Ill-equipped to cope with the hazards of prairie travel, conscription-dodger Matthew Carver (Charles Powell) and his newlywed bride Becky (Kelly Preston) are befriended by Mr. Barclay (Dan Haggerty), a frontier merchant who's related by marriage to the Cheyenne. Matthew rides off to warn two
buffalo hunters, Kearney (Rick Dean) and Otto ...
Released:
1994
Rated:
PG
Length:
86 mins