Run of the Arrow (DVD)

From visionary filmmaker Samuel Fuller comes this thought-provoking frontier classic starring Rod Steiger and Sarita Montiel. Refusing to accept defeat, embittered rebel Pvt. O'Meara (Steiger) heads west after the Civil War, turning his back on the United States. Caught by the Sioux, he survives the Run of the Arrow, a brutal race of endurance, and takes himself a squaw (Montiel, dubbed by Angie Dickinson). Inducted into the tribe, a conflicted O'Meara must soon decide where his loyalties lie when the building of an Army fort provokes a savage war between the US. And the Sioux. One of [Samuel Fuller's] strongest films (Chicago Reader), Run of the Arrow is a Western decades ahead of it's time. Portraying the Sioux in a more respectful fashion than the norm, Fuller explores such complex themes as hatred vs. #reason and man's search for identity in an action packed adventure costarring Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker and Charles Bronson.

Starring: Rod Steiger, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Sarita Montiel, Jay C. Flippen, Charles Bronson, Olive Carey, H. M. Wynant, Neyle Morrow, Frank de Kova, Col. Tim McCoy, Stuart Randall, Frank Warner, Billy Miller, Chuck Hayward, Chuck Roberson, Don Orlando, Bill White Jr., Tex Holden, Frank Baker, Emile Avery, Roscoe Ates, Frank O'Connor, Ray Stevens, Carleton Young, George Ross

Rating: NR