The Triumphs of a Man Called Horse


Triumphs of a Man Called Horse is a 1983 American Western film directed by John Hough and starring Richard Harris, Michael Beck and Ana De Sade. Harris reprised his role as British aristocrat John Morgan, 8th Earl of Kildare, who becomes a member of the Lakota Sioux. It was the final film of the trilogy after A Man Called Horse 1970 and The Return of a Man Called Horse 1976.

His son Michael Beck, who was raised among the Sioux but was sent away to school in the East, returns to deal both with white settlers encroaching on the Sioux lands and with his own people who want to go to war. He also meets an attractive young woman who happens to be a Crow, the traditional enemy of the Sioux. In the end, it is revealed that Horse was murdered by a phony preacher who wanted to start a war so he could get the Siouxs lands. Horses son and his Crow girlfriend have a traditional showdown with the preacher and his head honcho. At the end, Horses son sees the triumphant spirit of his father in full chief regalia.TV Guide gave the film one star This ripoff sequel to A Man Called Horse 1970 and The Return of a Man Called Horse 1976 cashes in on the popularity of its predecessors. Richard Harris appears briefly as the Man Called Horse, an aging Englishman who has headed a Sioux tribe foryears... The film is anything but a triumph. ........

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