---
title: 'Dances with Wolves (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kevin Costner'
released: '1990-11-09'
runtime_minutes: 181
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dances-with-wolves-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dances with Wolves (1990)

1990 · 181 min · Drama, Western, Adventure, War · United States


## Synopsis

Dances With Wolves is a 1990 American epic revisionist Western film directed and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. Starring Costner with an ensemble cast including Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene and Rodney Grant, the film is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake. It tells the story of Union army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post and who meets a group of Lakota.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kevin Costner](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-costner)
- **Producer:** [Kevin Costner](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-costner), [Jim Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-wilson), [Jake Eberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-eberts)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-blake)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-barry)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dean Semler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-semler)
- **Editor:** [Neil Travis](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-travis)

## Cast

- [Graham Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-greene-2) as Kicking Bird
- [Maury Chaykin](https://cinepixo.com/people/maury-chaykin) as Major Fambrough
- [Kirk Baltz](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-baltz) as Edwards
- [Michael Spears](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-spears) as Otter
- [Larry Joshua](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-joshua) as Bauer
- [Floyd Red Crow Westerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/floyd-red-crow-westerman) as Chief Ten Bears
- [Tantoo Cardinal](https://cinepixo.com/people/tantoo-cardinal) as Black Shawl
- [Tony Pierce](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-pierce) as Spivey
- [Robert Pastorelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-pastorelli) as Timmons
- [Tom Everett](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-everett) as Sergeant Pepper
- [Charles Rocket](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-rocket) as Lt. Elgin
- [Mary McDonnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-mcdonnell) as Stands with a Fist/Christine Gunther
- [Michael Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-horton) as Captain Cargill
- [Kevin Costner](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-costner) as Lt. John J. Dunbar/Dances with Wolves
- [Steve Reevis](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-reevis)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dances-with-wolves-1990
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