Little Big Man

1970 139 min ★ 7.4 Western, Comedy, Adventure, Drama

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

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Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Jack Crabb

Faye Dunaway

Mrs. Louise Pendrake

Chief Dan George

Old Lodge Skins

Martin Balsam

Mr. Merriweather

Richard Mulligan

Gen. George Armstrong Custer

Jeff Corey

Wild Bill Hickok

Aimée Eccles

Sunshine

Kelly Jean Peters

Olga

William Hickey

Historian

Alan Oppenheimer

Major

Details

Director

Arthur Penn

Screenplay

Calder Willingham

Tagline

"Either the most neglected hero in history or a liar of insane proportion!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$31,559,552

Production

Cinema Center Films, Stockbridge-Hiller Productions

Reviews

J

John Chard

September 2, 2018

★ 7/10

There is an endless supply of white men. There has always been a limited number of human beings. Little Big Man is directed by Arthur Penn and written by Calder Willingham. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George and Richard Mulligan. Arthur Penn's Little Big Man is tagged with many filmic sayings, be it revisionist or anti Western etc, it's a picture much cher...

C

CinemaSerf

September 10, 2024

★ 7/10

This is quite a fun series of escapades told by way of a flashback interview from the ostensibly 121 year old "Crabb" (Dustin Hoffman) who is the last survivor of George Custer's ill-fated battle at the Little Big Horn. His not entirely convinced interviewer asks him about his lively life and we embark on his times as a white man who became an Indian before being "rescued" again before some toing ...