Genre: | Action Biography Drama |
Director: | John Irvin |
Starring: | Michael Greyeyes Irene Bedard Jimmy Herman August Schellenberg Ned Beatty Peter Horton Wes Studi |
Music: | Lennie Niehaus |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Executive Producer: | Frank von Zerneck Robert M. Sertner |
Producer: | Hanay Geiogamah Cleve Landsberg Stacy Mandelberg Salli Newman |
Location: | Black Hills, South Dakota |
Cinematography: | Thomas Burstyn |
Editor: | Mark Conte |
Runtime: | 90 min. |
Network: | TNT |
Crazy Horse is a 1996 American Western television film based on the true story of Crazy Horse, a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota, and the Battle of Little Bighorn. It was shown on TNT as part of a series of five "historically accurate telepics" about Native American history.[1]
The film is directed by John Irvin and stars Michael Greyeyes as Crazy Horse.[1] Ned Beatty stars as Dr. McGillicuddy, Irene Bedard as Black Buffalo Woman, Wes Studi as Red Cloud and Peter Horton as George Armstrong Custer.[1]
Other First Nation stars include Jimmy Herman as Conquering Bear,[1] August Schellenberg as Sitting Bull, Gordon Tootoosis as Akicita and Lorne Cardinal as Young Man Afraid.
It was shot in Black Hills, South Dakota.