United States

The controversial and savage western...
Based on the massacre by the U.S. Army of the Cheyenne at Sand Creek, this controversial and savage western follows the two survivors of an indian [sic] raid as they struggle to reach safety. Candice Bergen and Peter Strauss give fine performances as the worldly wise girl on her way to meet her fiancé and the young cavalryman who find themselves alone in hostile territory. The film builds to a stunning and terrible climax - the massacre of an indian [sic] village and shows how the west was really won.