Jack Crabb/Little Big Man
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Little Big Man is a 1970 American revisionist Western film directed by Arthur Penn, adapted by Calder Willingham from Thomas Berger's 1964 novel of the same title. It stars Dustin Hoffman , Chief Dan George , Faye Dunaway , Martin Balsam , Jeff Corey and Richard Mulligan .
Dec 23, 1970 · Little Big Man: Directed by Arthur Penn. With Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam. Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
Arthur Penn's "Little Big Man" is an endlessly entertaining attempt to spin an epic in the form of a yarn. It mostly works. When it doesn't -- when there's a failure of tone or an overdrawn caricature -- it regroups cheerfully and plunges ahead.
An ambitious tall tale that boldly meshes farce with historical tragedy, Little Big Man is both an amusing comedic showcase and a persuasive political statement. Read Critics Reviews Critics...
Little Big Man (1970) -- (Movie Clip) My Gunfighter Period Jack (Dustin Hoffman), with intermittent narration recalling his gunfighting career, meets the sensible Wild Bill Hickock (Jeff Corey), in Arthur Penn's revisionist Western Little Big Man, 1970, from the Thomas Berger novel.
Synopsis. In the present day 1970, 121-year-old Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), the oldest living man in the world, who resides in a hospice, is recounting his long and colorful life story to a curious historian (William Hickey).
There is an endless supply of white men. There has always been a limited number of human beings. Little Big Man is directed by Arthur Penn and written by Calder Willingham. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George and Richard Mulligan.
