When the Legends Die
Young adult novel | |
Publisher | Lippincott |
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Publication date | 1963 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 288 |
When the Legends Die | |
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Directed by | Stuart Millar |
Screenplay by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
When The Legends Die is a 1963 American novel, written by
Novel
The novel, about the life of a
Film
The film was made in 1972, starring Richard Widmark and Frederic Forrest. It was directed by Stuart Millar from a screenplay written by Robert Dozier. It was freely adapted from the novel, updating the action from the start of the 20th century to the present, and cutting out the majority of the original plot, effectively based on only one middle section of the novel.
The title is taken from the saying "When the legends die the dreams end, when the dreams end there is no more greatness."
The film had a budget of $1,520,000.[1]
Plot
A Ute Indian youth, Tom Black Bull (Frederic Forrest), leaves the reservation to enter the rodeo life. He is under the tutelage of Red Dillon (Richard Widmark), a talented man with a drinking problem. The youth deals with the struggle between two worlds and deciding what life has to offer.
Cast
- Richard Widmark as Red Dillon
- Frederic Forrest as Tom Black Bull
- Luana Anders as Mary
- Vito Scotti as Meo (Dillon's caretaker)
- Herbert Nelson as Dr. Wilson
- John War Eagle as Blue Elk
- John Gruber as Clyde 'Tex' Walker
- Garry Walberg as School Superintendent
- Jack Mullaney as Gas Station Attendant
- Malcolm Curley as Benny Grayback (school principal)
- Roy Engel as Sam Turner
- Rex Holman as Neil Swenson
- Mel Gallagher as Cowboy
- Tillman Box as Young Tom Black Bull
- Sondra Pratt as Angie (girl who picks up Tom)
References
- ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p257