‎Cheyenne Autumn (1964) directed by John Ford • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

John Ford Cheyenne Autumn. Cheyenne Autumn Year 1964 USA Carroll Baker, Dolores del Rio, Ricardo Montalban Director John John Ford's final western film, Cheyenne Autumn (1964), has not received the critical or popular reappraisal that many of his other films were to achieve Cheyenne Autumn, John Ford, 1964 Cheyenne Autumn was the most expensive film of Ford's entire career, and, as revealed to Bogdanovich in 1966 he committed himself to it in the mistaken belief that he could in some way redress the balance of the traditional negative presentation of native Americans in westerns including his own.

The film was the last Western directed by John Ford, who proclaimed it an elegy for the Native Americans who had been abused by the U.S In all candor, Cheyenne Autumn is long, at times arduous, but within that runtime, it speaks to so much, including Ford's own legacy

Original Film Title CHEYENNE AUTUMN. English Title CHEYENNE AUTUMN. Film Director JOHN FORD

Cheyenne Autumn was John Ford's swansong, his last Western, made when he was past his prime, had lost his touch and had even lost interest government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation. Cheyenne Autumn was John Ford's swansong, his last Western, made when he was past his prime, had lost his touch and had even lost interest

Cheyenne Autumn (1964) John Ford Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related AllMovie. This film was released in an era of overlong widescreen epics, many of whose runtime exceeds. Ford didn't want people leaving the auditorium to go the bathroom or concessions counter, even though the film was long, and so he came up with the Wyatt Earp segment.

Cheyenne Autumn Year 1964 USA Richard Widmark Director John Ford Stock Photo Alamy. The Stagecoach and How Green Was My Valley director John Ford made some problematic choices with Jimmy Stewart's Cheyenne Autumn. John Ford's final western film, Cheyenne Autumn (1964), has not received the critical or popular reappraisal that many of his other films were to achieve