Episode 301: Run of the Arrow (1957)

The Projection Booth

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2016

⏱️ 181 minutes

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Summary

Sam Fuller's Run of the Arrow (1957) tells the tale of O'Meara (Rod Steiger) the man who shot the last bullet of the Civil War. Disenfranchised by Reconstruction, he heads west to live with the Sioux (lead by Charles Bronson). Relevant in 1957 when the U.S. was tearing itself apart over Civil Rights, the film is still as relevant in today's tumultuous times.
Filmmaker Samantha Fuller discusses A Fuller Life (2013), the documentary about her father's life, while Christa Fuller offers insight about the making of Run of the Arrow. Paul Talbot, author of Bronson's Loose!: The Making of the Death Wish Films, discusses Charles Bronson's career and the times he played Native Americans in film.
Joining Mike are film scholar Cullen Gallagher and Joseph Maddrey, author of The Quick, the Dead and the Revived: The Many Lives of the Western Film.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.5	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:20.7	A best news I got was when Lincoln was dead. What's the matter, Mama?
0:25.0	A man shows respect even if it's for a dead damn Yankee president.
0:30.5	This is the unusual story of the rebel who waged a one-man war against the United States.
0:36.1	Filled with defeat and hate, he rode west to help the Sioux fight the damn Yankees.
0:39.4	Would you kill the Americans if we should go in the battle?
0:40.9	Tell me, Sue. Thank you. Oh, and
0:57.0	Oh, I'm going to run down red club with it.
1:24.1	I'll go along with that.
1:25.3	How do you take the word of this, rev?
1:26.5	He'll sell us out in two seconds.
1:27.9	I say string him up, him and his squaw.
1:30.2	You are a man of two countries, but you can't kill Americans.
1:35.9	If you kill or do not kill, you will always be unhappy as a suit.
1:44.0	You get four minutes.
1:45.8	Four minutes to strike your flag.
1:47.9	I never strike my flag for an enemy or a rebel.
1:53.8	You listen, if this is gone, I promise,
1:55.5	we'll have your scouts on our belt by tomorrow morning.
1:58.4	Woo!
2:25.2	Oh! Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White.
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