The resumption of the Dorothy Johnson tale, without her continued cooperation, is not as well structured as the original. It has an interesting take-up point: the English nobleman, John Morgan, yields to his hot-blooded romanticism, stifled too long within his gilded palace, and returns to America to find the Sioux Indian tribe that once adopted him, but he finds them demoralized, decimated, and driven by fur trappers from their homeland. About midway through, the story stops developing, shies away from the grim facts of history, and settles for a replay of the original's grisly rituals, rousing battles, and happy ending. Owen Roizman's slick camerawork fluctuates from the stately to the slushy; and Laurence Rosenthal contributes a musical background in the 1940s style -- incessantly busy, supportive, and quite effective. With Richard Harris; written by Jack DeWitt; directed by Irvin Kershner. (1976) — Duncan Shepherd
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