Little Big Man (1970) starring Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Chief Dan George. Jack Crabb (Hoffman), a 121-year-old man, and the "only white survivor of Custer's Last Stand," reminisces about his long life on the American frontier. At 10 years old, his family (except his sister) is wiped out by Pawnee raiders, and he is adopted by the Cheyenne, who refer to themselves as the Human Beings. He stays with them five years. After returning to live with white people, Crabb tries various avenues in life, including religion, quackery, gunfighting and store keeping -- all to no avail. Known as Little Big Man to the Cheyenne, he keeps running into them on the frontier. Among other things, Little Big Man is witness to the wanton slaughter of a Cheyenne tribe by soldiers under Custer. The movie is both funny and tragic, which, combined with the fact that it's a good movie, makes it great. The subtitles are very good. Grade: A
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