Sitting Bull (film)

Sitting Bull is a 1954 Western film directed by Sidney Salkow and Ren Cardona that was filmed in Mexico in CinemaScope. In a greatly fictionalised form, it depicts the war between Sitting Bull and the American forces, leading up to the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Custers Last Stand. It was the first independent production to be filmed in the CinemaScope process. Featuring sympathetic portrayals of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, The New York Times called it a crazy horse opera.

Parrish gains no friends amongst the civilian community when he chastises them and threatens to break heads when they violate Sioux lands. Custer and Parrishs exasperated General and once prospective fatherinlaw reassigns Parrish and his company to the Bureau of Indian Affairs where Parrish is outraged at the treatment of the Indians and refuses to carry out the orders of the Indian Agent to shoot his escaping charges. Parrish is court martialed and visits his former commanding generalnow President of the United StatesUlysses S. Grantwho demotes him to Captain. Parrish convinces the President to come to the Western frontier to meet Sitting Bull and prevent a war.Back in the West, now Captain Parrish meets Kathy who has announced her engagement with Charles Wentworth, a former major and now a war correspondent. Using captured Indians, including Sam, a former slave now a Sioux, Parrish meets with Sitting Bull who agrees to meet the President in a secret meeting. Further conflicts with the Sioux lead Custer to lead his Regiment out assigning Parrish to guard supplies. ........

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