Against a Crooked Sky (1975)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

People are voting emotionally.

A different way of telling a story

Against A Crooked Sky tells the story of a young boy's efforts to save his sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe that no one seems to have heard of. From the look of them they seem to be surviving Aztecs although the film never specifically says so.Young Stewart Petersen sees his sister Jewel Branch kidnapped by this group of Indians who in the intervening years since Cortes have learned to ride horses. Although his parents certainly disapprove because they don't want to lose their surviving child either, Petersen goes on a mission to rescue Branch. Along the way he picks up a cantankerous old trapper who likes to pop a jug cork every now and then played by Richard Boone. Of course Boone just steals the film.Boone and Petersen also pick up Henry Wilcoxon an old Indian who was living with the Cheyenne and who is known as Cut Tongue because his was cut out lest he reveal secrets of the lost tribe of which he was one. He guides them to their location where Petersen has to pass a warrior ritual to save his sister's life though it may cost him his own.Against A Crooked Sky is a nice family film, small and unpretentious but filled with good values. The location shooting in Arizona and Utah is really superb. Petersen is an earnest and winning young performer and Boone just chews the scenery to beat the band, but that's his kind of character.The film holds up well and I recommend it for family audiences.

This is a cute story about a pioneer family who have a girl and a boy and the girl is a few years older than her brother. The girl is religious and reads a scripture to her brother about a person giving his own life for a friend is the greatest show of love, this bit of advice stays with this young man. One day the girl encounters a different tribe of Indians who wore a gold head piece around his head and they kidnapped the young girl. The father goes out hunting for his daughter and then the son decides to put his life on the line for his sister and he devotes himself to finding her. There are many twists and turns to this film and Richard Boone plays the role as a drunken prospector and scout who knows all the Indians and speaks their many languages. This is a very entertaining film with many great film locations in the West. Enjoy.

This movie is one of my all time favorites. I have looked all over to find a copy and can't find one anywhere. Does anyone know where I could get one? It is a typical, older movie, and you won't get the cinematography you find today. However, I find that easy to overlook in this particular movie - it is so good. It catches your heartstrings and holds them throughout - and you are left emotionally spent when it's all said and done. It really leaves you looking in the mirror and evaluating.... It's a great date movie and also a wonderful family movie - you'll want to watch it more than once. Don't watch it if you don't already have the popcorn popped, it's worth your full attention.

This is an excellent movie. The Sutters, a pioneer family, has its farm raided by a mysterious tribe of Indians. Charlotte Sutter, the eldest daughter, is kidnapped by the tribe and taken to their camp. Sam, her brother, goes after her and enlists a drunk prospector to help him in his search. Russian, the drunk prospector, is dead set against it. On their way to the Indian camp, Russian continuously tells Sam that they should turn back. Sam tells him that if he wants to turn back he can but he'll go on alone. The scenery is beautiful. Part of the movie was filmed in Arches National Park in Utah.Temkai, the leader of the band that kidnapped Charlotte, has taken her for his wife. One of the Indians asks Charlotte what she hasand she says it's her Bible. She tells her new friend about Jesus Christ and how he died to save others. When Sam and Russian reach the Indian camp, they're told by one of the Indians thatCharlotte's due to be killed at dawn at Crooked Sky and that theonly way to save to save her is to run a race against Temkai. If he loses, Charlotte dies. Sam agrees to run the race againstRussian's expressed wishes. Half way up Crooked Sky, he sees an arrow kill a woman he thinks is his sister. He won the race and his sister and his sister's released. Since being kidnapped, she's become a mother. She says that it was her friend who died atCrooked Sky and the last we see of Temkai is him on his horse in the bushes watching Charlotte being reunited with her family.