Soldier Blue

Cavalrymen stage a surprise attack on a band of peaceful Cheyennes at Sand Creek.

Release Date: 2006-12-12, Rating R (Restricted),

Honus Gent, a U.S. soldier devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a white woman who had lived with the Cheyenne for two years, are the only two survivors of a slaughter committed by the Cheyennes on a cavalry group. Together they are hoping to stay alive until they reach the cavalry s base camp. As they travel, Honus feels a growing affection for Cresta, but he is disgusted with her anti-American beliefs as she has more sympathy for Indians than for the U.S. government. They arrive at the cavalry outpost on the eve of an attack on a Cheyenne village, where Honus will learn who has been telling him the truth.System Requirements:Run Time: 115 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE

This violent drama is based on an allegedly historic encounter between white settlers and the Cheyenne Indians of the west. Based on Theodore V. Olsen's novel ARROW IN THE SUN the account enacts the struggle of a U.S. soldier named Honus Gant Peter Strauss and a white woman named Cresta Candice Bergen who has been captured by the Indians two years earlier. The pair is hoping to stay alive until they can reach the nearest army outpost. When the Cheyenne slaughter the paymaster's party with which they have been traveling the two carry on to encounter several unusual characters. Donald Pleasance is perfect in his portrayal of Isaac Q. Cumber who holds them captive while hoping to sell the Cheyenne guns in order to acquire some of gold they stole from the paymaster. When Honus is wounded Cresta goes ahead alone only to discover that the army plans to wipe the Indians out entirely. She hopes to return to help Honus and warn the Cheyenne to flee before the handful of them that are left are wiped out. Ralph Nelson d

DVDs. Soldier Blue

Soldier Blue (widescreen) - Dvd - Ralph Nelson,dana Elcar,james Hampton,mort Mills,bob Carraway,martin West,jorge Russek,marco Antonio Arzate,ron Fletcher,barbara Turner,aurora Clavel,candice Bergen,peter Strauss,donald Pleasence,john Anderson,jorge Rivero - White People Among Indians

A cavalry unit in Colorado is conducting two important cargoes to Fort Reunion, home of the 11th Colorado Volunteers: Cresta Marybelle Lee (Candice Bergen), the fiance of an officer in the unit until two years ago, when she was taken by the Cheyenne, and who just escaped; and Captain Battles (Dana Elcar), the paymaster, with a strongbox containing gold. The men are tired -- almost asleep in their saddles -- and frustrated, and doubly so by the presence of Cresta, whose beauty and reputation (by virtue of living two years with "savages") is driving them to distraction; all except for Honus Gant (Peter Strauss), a neophyte trooper and wide-eyed innocent. The detachment is ambushed by a Cheyenne war party and the only survivors are Cresta and Honus, who learn to tolerate each other as they struggle across the wilderness and the desert in search of help. An encounter with white trader Isaac Q. Cumber (Donald Pleasence), a profiteer who is running guns to the Indians, nearly results in their deaths, and Honus is s