Wolf Gilbert Roland as Dull Knife Arthur Kennedy as Doc Holliday [in Dodge City] Patrick Wayne as Second Lieut. Scott Elizabeth Allen as Miss Plantagenet [in Dodge City] John Carradine as Jeff Blair [in Dodge City] Victor Jory as Tall Tree Mike Mazurki as Sr. First Sergeant George O'Brien as Major Braden Sean McClory as Dr. O'Carberry [Fort Robinson] Judson Pratt as Mayor Dog Kelly [in Dodge City] Carmen D'Antonio as Pawnee Woman Ken Curtis as Joe [cattle drive and in Dodge City] and James Stewart as Wyatt Earp [in Dodge City] Edward G. Robinson as the Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz Production Preproduction John Ford long wanted to make a movie about the Cheyenne exodus. As early as 1957, he wrote a treatment with his son Patrick Ford, envisioning a small-scale drama with non-professional Indian actors. Early drafts of the script drew on Howard Fast's novel The Last Frontier. However, the film ultimately took its plot and title from Mari Sandoz's Cheyenne Autumn, which Ford preferred due to its focus on the Cheyenne. Elements of Fast's novel remain in the finished film, namely the character of Captain Archer (called Murray in the book), the depiction of Secretary Carl Schurz and the Dodge City, Kansas scenes. Reluctantly abandoning the docudrama idea, Ford wanted Anthony Quinn and Richard Boone to play Dull Knife and Little Wolf as well-known actors with some Indian ancestry. He also suggested black actor Woody Strode for a role. The studio insisted on Ford's casting Ricardo Montalban and Gilbert Roland. Filming The film was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by William Clothier, whose work was nominated for an Academy Award. Gilbert Roland earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Editing The original version was 158 minutes, Ford's longest work. Warner Bros. later decided to edit the "Dodge City" sequence out of the film, reducing the running time to 145 minutes, although it was shown in theaters during the film's initial release. This sequence features James Stewart as Wyatt Earp and Arthur Kennedy as Doc Holliday. Some critics have argued that this comic episode, mostly unrelated to the rest of an otherwise serious movie, breaks the flow of the story. It was later restored for the VHS and subsequent DVD releases. Locations Much of the film was shot in Monument Valley Tribal Park on the Arizona-Utah border, where Ford had filmed scenes for many