

Little Big Man
Either the most neglected hero in history or a liar of insane proportion!
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $31.6M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- fight
- indian territory
- settler
- native american
- orphan
- cheyenne
- 19th century
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York14 Dec 1970
- TheatricalPG23 Dec 1970
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalLondon22 Apr 1971
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1830 Jun 1971
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalGent22 Oct 1971
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1512 Apr 1971
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1630 Jul 1971
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP31 Mar 1971
- TheatricalTPRe-release (Restored Version)20 Jul 2016
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany13 Aug 1971
- TheatricalEast Germany17 Nov 1972
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival13 Feb 2007
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1611 Oct 1973
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1530 Jul 1971
ItalyIT
- Theatrical26 Mar 1971
- TheatricalTorino8 Apr 1971
- PremiereRome Film Festival17 Oct 2021
JapanJP
- Theatrical28 Aug 1971
Frequently asked questions
Little Big Man was released on 23 December 1970.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
John Chard
9/2/2018
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. Arthur Penn's Little Big Man is tagged with many filmic sayings, be it revisionist or anti Western etc, it's a picture much cherished for its oddly …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/10/2024
This is quite a fun series of escapades told by way of a flashback interview from the ostensibly 121 year old "Crabb" (Dustin Hoffman) who is the last survivor of George Custer's ill-fated battle at the Little Big Horn. His not entirely convinced interviewer asks him about his lively life and we embark on his times as a white man who became an Indian before being "rescued" again before some toing and froing between t…
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