With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

Jun 14, 1927

1h 15m

★ 0.0

Overview

The story of a controversial white settlement in 1860s Spirit Lake, Iowa. Unbowed by the encroachment, Chief Sitting Bull vows to reclaim the land of his fathers. A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under the name Chief Yowlache) as Sitting Bull.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Sunset Productions

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Cast

Donald Keefe

Bryant Washburn

Sitting Bull

Chief Yowlachie

Mame Mulcain

Anne Schaefer

Pat Mulcain

Jay Morley

Ceila Moore

Shirley Palmer

Elder Indian (as James O'Neil)

James O'Neill

Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)

Bob Steele

Happy Hartz

Fred Warren

John Mulcain (as Leon Kent)

Leon De La Mothe

Mary Moore (as Lucille Balart)

Lucille Ballart

Parson Rogers (as Thomas Lingham)

Thomas G. Lingham

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