Flap (1970)
- Starring:
- Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins, (more)
- Director(s):
- Carol Reed
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Flap is marginally significant as the only western ever directed by Britain's Sir Carol Reed. Anthony Quinn is top-billed as Flapping Eagle, a modern-day Native American stuck on a squalid reservation. Though liquored up most of the time, Flapping Eagle undergoes an eleventh-hour social awakening. Making certain that the media is notified, he hijacks a train and heads for Phoenix, demanding full restoration of rights for his people. Played uneasily for laughs, Flap tries to make up for its shortcomings with a 1970s-style tragic ending, but by that time most of the audience has given up. The working title for Flap was Nobody Loves Flapping Eagle, which was closer to the name of source material, Clair Huffaker's novel Nobody Loves a Drunken Indian. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Anthony Quinn - Flapping Eagle
- Tony Bill - Eleven Snowflake
- Victor Jory - Wounded Bear Mr. Smith
- Victor French - Rafferty
- Anthony Caruso - Silver Dollar
- Susana Miranda - Ann Looking Deer
- William Mims - Steve Gray
- Rudy Diaz - Larry Standing Elk
- Claude Akins - Lobo
- Shelley Winters - Dorothy Bluebell
- Don Collier - Mike Lyons
- Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta - Storekeep
- J. Edward McKinley - Harris
- Pedro Regas - She'll-Be-Back-Pretty-Soon
- John War Eagle - Luke Wolf
- Robert Cleaves - Gus Kirk
- Director(s):
- Carol Reed
- Writer(s):
- Clair Huffaker
- Producer(s):
- Jerry Adler
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children, Adult Language, Mild Violence)
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