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Little Big Man

1970

Arthur Penn

Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan ...

7.2

4,879

Western. Adventure. Drama Jack Crabb is about 100 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. He recounts being captured and raised by indians, becoming a gunslinger, marrying an indian, watching her killed by General George Armstrong Custer, and becoming a scout for him at Little Big Horn.

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"An important movie by one of our most interesting directors (...) [Hoffman] is fine as is just about every body in the huge cast"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Endlessly entertaining (...) 'Little Big Man' gives us the flavor of the Cheyenne nation before white men brought uncivilization to the West (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Funny, humane, and a work of brave intelligence."	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"It's just as caricatured and exaggerated as earlier Westerns, but does make legendary figures like Wild Bill Hickok look foolish (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Steve Uhler Austin Chronicle	"Arthur Penn deftly mixes slapstick and unflinching violence to create a chaotic but always colorful canvas"	POS

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