Little Big Man

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War, Western

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 Crabb
Carole Androsky	Caroline Crabb
Robert Little Star	Little Horse

Director	Arthur Penn
Producer	Stuart Millar; Gene Lasko
Writer	Calder Willingham; Thomas Berger

As 121-year-old Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) is dying, he recounts the story of his very unusual life. As a boy, he and his sister, Caroline (Carol Androsky) are captured by the Cheyenne after their parents are killed. He is raised by Old Lodge Skins (Chief Dan George) who teaches him Cheyenne ways. Volunteering for battle against the U. S. army, Jack, renamed “Little Big Man”, is captured again. He is sent to live with the Reverend (Thayer David) and Mrs. Pendrake (Faye Dunaway). Mrs. Pendrake frightens him away. He becomes a snake oil salesman until he’s tarred and feathered, then rescued by his sister who tries to turn him into a gunslinger. As the Sody Pop Kid Jack meets Wild Bill Hickok who he admires until Bill kills someone. Jack opens a store and marries. His wife is kidnapped by Indians, Jack searches for her. He briefly rejoins Old Lodge Skins and then hires on with General George Custer. During a fight he’s retaken by the Cheyenne. He hooks up with Sunshine, an Indian girl. He later becomes a town drunk, a scout that leads Custer to the Little Big Horn and finally refuses to talk any more.