Chief Crazy Horse (film)

Chief Crazy Horse
Directed by	George Sherman
Produced by	William Alland
Screenplay by	Franklin Coen; Gerald Drayson Adams
Story by	Gerald Drayson Adams
Starring	Victor Mature; Suzan Ball; John Lund
Music by	Frank Skinner
Cinematography	Harold Lipstein
Edited by	Al Clark
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 1955 (United States); April 27, 1955 (New York City);
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.75 million (US)[1]

Chief Crazy Horse is a 1955 American CinemaScope Technicolor Western film directed by George Sherman starring Victor Mature, Suzan Ball and John Lund.[2] The film is a fictionalized biography of the Lakota Sioux Chief Crazy Horse. It was also known as Valley of Fury.

Plot synopsis

When young Crazy Horse (Victor Mature) wins his bride, rival Little Big Man (Ray Danton) goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. A new gold rush starts and old treaties are torn up. Crazy Horse becomes chief of his people, leading them to war at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

Cast

Victor Mature as Chief Crazy Horse
Suzan Ball as Black Shawl (Little Fawn)
John Lund as Maj. Twist
Ray Danton as Little Big Man
Keith Larsen as Flying Hawk
Paul Guilfoyle as Worm
David Janssen as Lt. Colin Cartwright
Robert Warwick as Spotted Tail
James Millican as General George Crook
Morris Ankrum as Red Cloud/Conquering Bear
Donald Randolph as Aaron Cartwright
Robert F. Simon as Jeff Mantz
James Westerfield as Caleb Mantz
Stuart Randall as Old Man Afraid
Pat Hogan as Dull Knife
Dennis Weaver as Major Carlisle
John Peters as Sgt. Guthrie
Henry Wills as He Dog

Production

Jeff Chandler was originally announced to play the lead.[3] Instead the part was given to Victor Mature. Filming began in June 1954, on location in Montana and Wyoming.[4] This was the final film of Suzan Ball who died of cancer four months after the film was released.

References

"The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955". Variety Weekly. January 1956.
Crowther, Bosley (April 28, 1955). "The Screen: Warpath; Chief Crazy Horse and Tribe Attack Cavalry". The New York Times.
Schallert, Edwin (21 Mar 1953). "'Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.
Pryors, Thomas M. (22 May 1954). "Subsidies to Italy on Films Decried: Talks on New Agreement Are Seeking End to the Practice, Held 'Dangerous' Precedent". The New York Times. p. 8.

External links

Chief Crazy Horse on IMDb
Victor Mature on IMDb

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[1] "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955". Variety Weekly. January 1956.

[NYT-2] Crowther, Bosley (April 28, 1955). "The Screen: Warpath; Chief Crazy Horse and Tribe Attack Cavalry". The New York Times.

[3] Schallert, Edwin (21 Mar 1953). "'Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.

[4] Pryors, Thomas M. (22 May 1954). "Subsidies to Italy on Films Decried: Talks on New Agreement Are Seeking End to the Practice, Held 'Dangerous' Precedent". The New York Times. p. 8.