Themes: Survival in the Wilderness, Opposites Attract, Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance
Main Cast: Kelly Preston, Pato Hoffmann, Bo Hopkins, Rick Dean, Clint Howard
Release Year: 1994
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This made-for-TV western stars Kelly Preston as Rebecca Carver, who is travelling west with her husband Matthew (Charles Powell), trying to outrun the draft for the Civil War. Needing to rest for the night, they stop at a trading post run by Barkley (Dan Haggerty), where they encounter a pack of buffalo hunters as well as several Cheyenne braves who seem to know Barkley well. Worried that there could be trouble and afraid of the Indians, Matthew warns the hunters about the Cheyenne, which soon leads to a furious battle leaving only two survivors -- Rebecca and Hawk (Pato Hoffmann), a Cheyenne warrior who was severely injured in the fighting. With no one to protect her, Rebecca realizes that her survival may depend on Hawk, so she nurses him back to health; the two make their way across the prarie as they try to escape the bitter onset of winter, and find that their mutual distrust soon grows into love. Roger Corman served as executive producer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Charles Powell - Matthew Carver; Dan Lee Clark - Red Knife; Winterhawk - Tall Elk; Dan Haggerty - Barkley; Louise Baker - Pioneer Woman; Joseph Wolves Kill - Running Wolf; Frankie Avina - Crazy Buffalo
Credit
Mike Upton - Associate Producer, Mark Sikes - Casting, Alba Francesca - Co-producer, Tammy Mor - Costume Designer, Mark Griffiths - Director, Roderick Davis - Editor, Arthur Kempel - Composer (Music Score), Christopher Taylor - Musical Direction/Supervision, Aaron Osborne - Production Designer, Blake T. Evans - Cinematographer, David Pierro - Cinematographer, Roger Corman - Producer, Lance H. Robbins - Producer, Michael R. Elliott - Producer, Jeanne Lusignan - Set Designer, Michael B. Druxman - Screenwriter
