This 1970 TV-movie is a contemporary Western starring
a pre-superstardom Burt Reynolds.
I am an unabashed early-Reynolds fan and I must admit I
had never heard of this film.
Reynolds plays Simon Zuniga, a Papago Indian just released
from the Arizona State Pen.
He returns to the Reservation and confronts the
changes there and via a quiet stoic remove from the changes, instigates changes
of his own.
This film is reflective of the AIM movement [American Indian
Movement] and is sharply written, sensitive, low-key and works quite well.
Reynolds is all quiet charm here, more reflective of a brooding Steve McQueen or
Charles Bronson than the noted wisecracker that he would become.
I sought it out of curiosity but wound up getting far
more out of it than I expected.
Dignified and strong with a fine score by The Orphanage.
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