Three-hundred starving Cheyenne men, women and children, forcibly resettled in the barren wastelands of Oklahoma, set out on a desperate 1500-mile trek back to their Yellowstone homeland. A true-life story.
General Note: For private home use only.In English with optional English French and Spanish subtitles (feature only); closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Special features: New digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements; soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 5.1; commentary by Joseph McBride, author of Searching for John Ford : a life; vintage featurette "Cheyenne autumn trail."Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.Suggested by Cheyenne autumn by Mari Sandoz.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, William Clothier ; film editor, Otho Lovering ; music composed and conducted by Alex North.
Participant or Performer Note: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Dolores Del Rio, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Kennedy, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson.