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Navajo Run

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Navajo Run
Directed byJohnny Seven
Screenplay byJo Heims
Produced byJohnny Seven
StarringJohnny Seven
Warren Kemmerling
Virginia Vincent
Ron Soble
CinematographyGregory Sandor
Edited byLee Gilbert
Music byEmil Cadkin
William Loose
Production
company
LoraJon Productions
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures (US)
Release date
  • November 25, 1964 (1964-11-25)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Navajo Run is a 1964 Western film released by American International Pictures, produced and directed by as well as starring Johnny Seven.

Cast

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Plot summary

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Mathew Whitehawk, a "half-breed Navajo," is bitten by a rattlesnake and seeks aid at the ranch of Sarah and Luke Grog. Mathew is nursed back to health on the orders of Luke. It turns out that Luke hates Native Americans. He sets Mathew loose in the forest without food or water, and hunts him down as he has done with other Native Americans. The film ends with Mathew killing Luke.[1]

Legacy

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American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography describes Navajo Run as an "obscure little curio" that was a retelling of The Most Dangerous Game with a "white racist hunting down Indians as a hobby." The film had little impact at the time of its limited release, and after theatrical showings it was shown on TV in Canada.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Navajo Run". www.tcm.com. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  2. ^ Craig, Rob (February 19, 2019). American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-4766-6631-0.