Little Big Man (1970) Reviews & Ratings

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Little Big Man reviews

Little Big Man holds a 7.4/10 average from 745 TMDB ratings.

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 cherished for its oddly quirk…
— John Chard (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 and froing between…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

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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