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Cheyenne Autumn is a 1964 American epic Western film starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, and Edward G. Robinson. It tells the story of a factual event, the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878–79, told with artistic license. 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. government and misrepresented in numerous…
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When a film director achieves legendary status through a prolific career, he may find himself in a position to create works that resonate more personally than broadly with audiences and critics alike. This notion is particularly salient when considering John Ford's *Cheyenne Autumn* (1964), his penultimate film and a notable entry in the Western genre. Here, Ford appears to indulge in a deeply personal narrative tha…More
