One Little Indian (film)
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Directed by | Bernard McEveety |
Written by | Harry Spalding |
Produced by | Winston Hibler |
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Cinematography | Charles F. Wheeler |
Edited by | Robert Stafford |
Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time | 90 Minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English[1] |
Box office | $2 million |
One Little Indian is a 1973 Western comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions starring James Garner and Vera Miles. The supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, Jay Silverheels, and a 10-year-old Jodie Foster, and the plotline involves a cavalry soldier's misadventures with a camel and a little boy. The film was written by Harry Spalding and directed by Bernard McEveety.
Garner later wrote that "I've done some things I'm not proud of. This is one of them. The only bright spot was a ten year old Jodie Foster."[2]
Cast[]
- James Garner as Corporal Clint Keyes
- Vera Miles as Doris McIver
- Pat Hingle as Captain Stewart
- Morgan Woodward as Sergeant Raines
- John Doucette as Sergeant Waller
- Clay O'Brien as Mark
- Robert Pine as Lieutenant Cummins
- Bruce Glover as Schrader
- Ken Swofford as Private Dixon
- Jay Silverheels as Jimmy Wolf
- Andrew Prine as Chaplain John Kaplan
- Jodie Foster as Martha McIver
- Walter Brooke as The Doctor
- Rudy Diaz as The Apache
- John C. Flinn III as Cowboy (as John Flinn)
- Lois Red Elk as Blue Feather
- Hal Baylor as Branigan
- Terry Wilson as Stagecoach
- Paul Sorensen as The Guard
- Read Morgan as Reb
- Richard Hale as Old Indian
- Jim Davis as Trail Boss
Production[]
Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon, the Gap, Kanab movie fort, and the Coral Pink Sand Dunes in Utah.[3]
Reception[]
The film earned an estimated $2 million in North American rentals.[4]
References[]
- ^ IMBB One Little Indian (Infobox details)
- ^ Garner, James; Winokur, Jon (2011). The Garner Files: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. p. 258.
- ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
External links[]
- Official website
- One Little Indian at IMDb
- One Little Indian at Rotten Tomatoes
- One Little Indian at the TCM Movie Database
- James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
- James Garner interview at Archive of American Television
Categories:
- 1973 films
- 1973 comedy films
- 1970s Western (genre) comedy films
- American Western (genre) comedy films
- American comedy films
- American films
- English-language films
- Films about camels
- Films directed by Bernard McEveety Jr.
- Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith
- Films shot in Utah
- Walt Disney Pictures films
- Western (genre) cavalry films
- 1970s Western (genre) film stubs
- 1970s comedy film stubs