Cheyenne Autumn, released on October 3, 1964, is the last Western that John Ford directed. It stars Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart and Edward G. Robinson The film tells the story of the Cheyenne, who had been mistreated by the government. It was Ford's longest film at 158 minutes in its original cut and had a budget of over $4 million. Although Cheyenne Autumn did not turn a profit, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (William H. Clothier) and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Gilbert Roland).

• Richard Widmark as Capt. Thomas Archer

• Carroll Baker as Deborah Wright

• Karl Malden as Capt. Wessels

• Ricardo Montalban as Little Wolf

• Sal Mineo as Red Shirt

• Dolores del Rio as Spanish Woman

• Gilbert Roland as Dull Knife

• Arthur Kennedy as Doc Holliday

• Patrick Wayne as Second Lt. Scott

• Elizabeth Allen as Miss Plantagenet

• John Carradine as Jeff Blair

• Victor Jory as Tall Tree

• Mike Mazurki as Sr. First Sergeant

• George O'Brien as Major Braden

• Edward G. Robinson as Carl Schurz

• James Stewart as Wyatt Earp

"Somewhere in the telling, the original premise of the Mari Sandoz novel is lost sight of in a wholesale insertion of extraneous incidents which bear little or no relation to the subject." -Varietyhttp://www.variety.com/review/VE1117789860.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

"It is a stark and eye-opening symbolization of a shameful tendency that has prevailed in our national life—the tendency to be unjust and heartless to weaker peoples who get in the way of manifest destiny." - Bosley Crowther, The New York Timeshttp://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26resQ3D9B0DE3DB1F3FE13ABC4C51DFB467838F679EDEQ26partnerQ3DRottenQ2520Tomatoes&OP=48db6938Q2FQ2BthQ60Q2BwWqhQ20Q3B)Q2BUqvQ20zzwnQ2BzBgqhUqhQ3BQ2B)g8WhwQ2BBh8WhtFzQ24zQ2B)g8WhQ2BBh8Wht

"Over-long, often clichéd and uneven (there are comic interludes complete with cameo performances), but still imbued with moments of true poetry, thanks largely to William Clothier's magnificent Panavision landscapes." - Geoff Andrew, Time Outhttp://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/69134/cheyenne_autumn.html

In 1878, the Cheyenne tribe is forced to leave their Oklahoma reservation after the US government does not deliver the supplies they promised. They embark on a 1,500 mile trek to their old hunting grounds, an act the government and press sees as rebellious. They send US Cavalry Capt. Thomas Archer to hunt them down, but Archer eventually comes to respect the Cheyenne and assists them in their journey.