Thunderheart (1992)

Danish title: Tordenhjerte

Genre(s): Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Western

Runtime: 119min. (1h. 59min.)

Language: English

My rating: Not Yet Rated

Cast: (44 - show/hide all)

Val Kilmer	...	Ray Levoi
Sam Shepard	...	Frank Coutelle
Graham Greene	...	Walter Crow Horse
Fred Ward	...	Jack Milton
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	William Dawes
Sheila Tousey	...	Maggie Eagle Bear
Ted Thin Elk	...	Grandpa Sam Reaches
John Trudell	...	Jimmy Looks Twice
Julius Drum	...	Richard Yellow Hawk
Sarah Brave	...	Maisy Blue Legs
Allan R.J. Joseph	...	Leo Fast Elk
Sylvan Pumpkin Seed	...	Hobart
Patrick Massett	...	Agent Mackey
Rex Linn	...	FBI Agent
Brian A. O'Meara	...	FBI Agent
Duane Brewer	...	Ranger
Lewis C. Bradshaw	...	Ranger
Dennis Banks	...	Himself
Candy Hamilton	...	School Teacher
Jerome Mack	...	Maggie's Kid
Tom M. LeBeau	...	Ray's Father
Bridgit P. Schock	...	Ray's Mother
Terry Graber	...	Doctor
David Crosby	...	Bartender
Jerry Allan	...	Drunken Brawler
Gordon Patterson	...	Helicopter Pilot
Robin J. Saderup	...	Helicopter Pilot
Buddy Red Bow	...	Man at Powwow
Sam Adams	...	Lakota Singer
Robin Black Bird	...	Lakota Singer
Floyd Charging Crow	...	Lakota Singer
Elroy Cross	...	Lakota Singer
Charles Davis	...	Lakota Singer
Ernest Red Elk	...	Lakota Singer
Kenneth J. Richards	...	Lakota Singer
Severt Young Bear Sr.	...	Lakota Singer
Carlin Orville Morrison	...	Powwow Singer
Verland Theodore Phelps	...	Powwow Singer
Calvin Timothy Red Elk Sr.	...	Powwow Singer
Tim Owen Taggart	...	Powwow Singer
Melvin David Young Bear	...	Powwow Singer
Mike Breyer	...	Army Private
Tony Head	...	FBI Agent
Jason R. Lone Hill	...	Unname character

Crew:

Michael Apted	...	Direction
John Fusco	...	Script
James Horner	...	Music

Plot:

An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage. Slowly he rejects the intimidating tactics of his fellow FBI agents, who are not so interested in solving the crime as covering up an incriminating situation with the locals, and as he becomes more tuned to his heritage, the locals begin trusting him. Based on actual Reservation occurrences of the '70s.