# Soldier Blue (1970)

> A duty-bound cavalry private and a Cheyenne-sympathetic survivor cross the frontier toward a military atrocity that shatters his patriotic certainty.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8488

## Facts

- Runtime: 115 min
- Genres: Western, Drama
- Director: Ralph Nelson
- Cast: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, John Anderson, Jorge Rivero, Dana Elcar, Bob Carraway, Martin West
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066390/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: grim, politically charged, romantic, historical drama night, revisionist western marathon

## Movies like Soldier Blue

- [The Hunting Party (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/29679)
- [Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/7792)
- [Ulzana's Raid (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/27469)
- [Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/22044)
- [The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/21924)
- [A Man Called Horse (1970)](https://ember.film/movie/8716)
- [Apache (1954)](https://ember.film/movie/28185)
- [Hondo (1953)](https://ember.film/movie/3587)
- [Heaven's Gate (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/5975)
- [Cheyenne Autumn (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/25865)

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