Soldier Blue
Period & History
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Drama, War, Western, R, 12-Aug-1970
After surviving an ambush by the Cheyenne, a naïve cavalry officer (Peter Strauss) and a defiant young woman (Candice Bergen) must trek through hostile terrain to make it back home. En route they witness a horrific bloodbath as the U.S. Cavalry takes revenge upon their enemy, in a battle that became notorious for its brutality.
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