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Run of the Arrow is a 1957 western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 film starring Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger was an United States Academy Award-winning actor known for his intense performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night , Waterloo , On the Waterfront, and Doctor Zhivago ....
, Brian Keith
Brian Keith

Brian Keith was an United States stage, film and television actor....
, Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker

Ralph Meeker was a stage and film actor best-known for starring in the 1953 Broadway production of Picnic , and in the 1955 film noir cult classic Kiss Me Deadly....
, Jay C. Flippen
Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen is best remembered as a gruff-faced actor usually playing a police officer or weary criminal in many movies of the 1940s and 1950s....
 and a young Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson was an United Statesn actor best known for "tough guy" image, who starred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape , The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wish series....
. Set at the end of the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, the movie was directed by Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller was an United States screenwriter and film director known for low-budget genre movies with controversial themes....
 and filmed in technicolor
Technicolor

Technicolor is the trademark for a series of Color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation , now a division of Thomson SA....
.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
 veteran, O'Meara (Steiger) refuses to accept defeat following the surrender of General Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee , was a career United States United States Army officer , an engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history....
 at Appomatox
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrender to the Union Army under Lieutenant General Ulysses S....
. He travels west and joins the native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 Sioux
Sioux

Sioux are a Native Americans in the United States and First Nations people. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many dialects....
 tribe, renounces America and takes a wife (Yellow Moccasin, played by Sara Montiel
Sara Montiel

Sara Montiel is a Spain singer, and actor. She is still a much-loved and internationally known name in the Spanish language-speaking movie and music industries....
).

However when the US Army build a fort on Sioux lands O'Meara must make a difficult decision when fighting starts.

un of the Arrow was the first film to use blood squibs
Squib (explosive)

A squib is a miniature explosive device used in a wide range of industries, from special effects to military applications. They resemble tiny sticks of dynamite, both in appearance and construction, although with considerably less explosive power....
 to simulate realistic bullet impacts.






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Run of the Arrow is a 1957 western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 film starring Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger was an United States Academy Award-winning actor known for his intense performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night , Waterloo , On the Waterfront, and Doctor Zhivago ....
, Brian Keith
Brian Keith

Brian Keith was an United States stage, film and television actor....
, Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker

Ralph Meeker was a stage and film actor best-known for starring in the 1953 Broadway production of Picnic , and in the 1955 film noir cult classic Kiss Me Deadly....
, Jay C. Flippen
Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen is best remembered as a gruff-faced actor usually playing a police officer or weary criminal in many movies of the 1940s and 1950s....
 and a young Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson was an United Statesn actor best known for "tough guy" image, who starred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape , The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wish series....
. Set at the end of the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, the movie was directed by Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller was an United States screenwriter and film director known for low-budget genre movies with controversial themes....
 and filmed in technicolor
Technicolor

Technicolor is the trademark for a series of Color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation , now a division of Thomson SA....
.

Plot

Confederate
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
 veteran, O'Meara (Steiger) refuses to accept defeat following the surrender of General Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee , was a career United States United States Army officer , an engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history....
 at Appomatox
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrender to the Union Army under Lieutenant General Ulysses S....
. He travels west and joins the native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 Sioux
Sioux

Sioux are a Native Americans in the United States and First Nations people. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many dialects....
 tribe, renounces America and takes a wife (Yellow Moccasin, played by Sara Montiel
Sara Montiel

Sara Montiel is a Spain singer, and actor. She is still a much-loved and internationally known name in the Spanish language-speaking movie and music industries....
).

However when the US Army build a fort on Sioux lands O'Meara must make a difficult decision when fighting starts.

Production notes

Run of the Arrow was the first film to use blood squibs
Squib (explosive)

A squib is a miniature explosive device used in a wide range of industries, from special effects to military applications. They resemble tiny sticks of dynamite, both in appearance and construction, although with considerably less explosive power....
 to simulate realistic bullet impacts. The movie was filmed at St. George, Utah
St. George, Utah

St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah. It is the principal city of and is included in the St....
.

Originally produced by RKO Pictures
RKO Pictures

RKO Pictures is an United States film production and distribution company. As Radio Pictures Inc. and then RKO Radio Pictures Inc., it was one of the so-called studio system major film studio of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
, the studio went bankrupt before it was released. Universal bought Run of the Arrow from RKO and distributed it as a Universal picture.

At the time of its release, critics commented favorably on director Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller was an United States screenwriter and film director known for low-budget genre movies with controversial themes....
's decision to concentrate on feet in the "run of the arrow" scene rather than showing the actors in their full entirety. Fuller later stated in an interview that there was a simple reason for his decision: Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger was an United States Academy Award-winning actor known for his intense performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night , Waterloo , On the Waterfront, and Doctor Zhivago ....
 had badly sprained his ankle just before the scene was to be shot and wasn't able to walk, let alone run. Instead Fuller got one of the Indian extras to run in Steiger's place, which is why the scene is only shot with feet instead of close-ups or medium shots.

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