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    Johnny Firecloud (1975)

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    Borrowing elements from Billy Jack (1971) and Death Wish (1974), this Native American-themed revenge flick is equal parts goofy and gory, but it’s also undeniably entertaining, in a trashy sort of way.

    When he was younger, Native American Johnny Firecloud (Victor Mohica) used to cavort with a white woman, June (Christina Hart), whose father, Colby (Ralph Meeker), holds all the power in the small Southwestern town where they live.

    Now that he’s an angry adult who learned a few nasty tricks while serving in the Vietnam War, Johnny spends all his time getting into hassles with the local sheriff, Jesse (David Canary), who does Colby’s bidding.

    But when Colby’s thugs kill Johnny’s grandfather, tribal chief White Eagle (Frank DeKova), all of Johnny’s rage explodes into a vigilante campaign.

    Johnny murders his victims in colourful ways, invoking clichés familiar from previous Hollywood depictions of Indians. He buries one fellow up to the neck in a desert and cuts off the fellow’s eyelids so he’ll go blind while he cooks in the sun. He ties another dude to a post and then ties a bag full of rattlesnakes around the dude’s head and torso. And naturally, one of the victims gets scalped.

    There’s also a little sex thrown in for good measure, including – as per the norm for 1970s revenge pictures – a brutal rape scene. Playing the rape victim, Nenya, is notorious Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather, best known as Marlon Brando’s controversial Oscar proxy.

    Johnny Firecloud
    Victor Mohica
    Colby
    Ralph Meeker
    Jesse
    David Canary
    White Eagle
    Frank DeKova
    June
    Christina Hart
    Nenya
    Sacheen Littlefeather
    JB
    Jason Ledger
    Newt
    John F. Goff
    Ned
    Richard Kennedy
    Wade
    George ‘Buck’ Flower
    Gus
    Wayne Storm
    Gordy
    Elliott Lindsey
    Preacher
    Sterling Franck
    Grissom
    Seamon Glass
    Hatcher
    Barry Cooper

    Director
    William A. Castleman

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