---
title: 'Soldier Blue (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ralph Nelson'
released: '1970-08-12'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/soldier-blue-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066390/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Soldier Blue (1970)

1970 · 112 min · Drama, Western, War · United States


## Synopsis

Soldier Blue is a 1970 American revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, and Donald Pleasence. Adapted by John Gay from the novel Arrow in the Sun by T. V. Olsen, it is inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory. Nelson and Gay intended to utilize the narrative surrounding the massacre as an allegory for the contemporary Vietnam War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ralph Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-nelson)
- **Screenplay:** [John Gay](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gay)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Budd](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-budd)
- **Producer:** [Gabriel Katzka](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-katzka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert B. Hauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-b-hauser)

## Cast

- [Jorge Rivero](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-rivero)
- [Dana Elcar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-elcar)
- [John Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-anderson)
- [Candice Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/candice-bergen)
- [Aurora Clavel](https://cinepixo.com/people/aurora-clavel)
- [Peter Strauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-strauss)
- [Eddie Little Sky](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-little-sky)
- [Mort Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/mort-mills)
- [James Hampton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hampton)
- [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence)
- [Jorge Russek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-russek)
- [Ralph Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-nelson)

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