Thunderheart

Synopsis

A young, part-Sioux FBI agent is sent to solve a murder on an Indian reservation. There he meets the irreverent local sheriff and the tribe's religious leader, who helps the agent begin to understand his lost heritage. Gradually, he comes to believe that the U.S. government has framed an innocent man, but finds that he and those around him are thrown into danger because of his suspicions.

Cast-main

Ray Levoi...........................Val Kilmer

Frank Coutelle....................Sam Shepard

Walter Crow Horse............Graham Greene II

Jack Milton.........................Fred Ward

William Dawes...................Fred Dalton Thompson

Thunderheart Bibliography

Ansen, David. "Bad Blood in the Badland -- Thunderheart directed by Michael Apted

and starring Val Kilmer and Sam Shepard / The Player directed by Robert Altman."

Newsweek. 1992 Apr 13; (15): 68.

Kempley, Rita. "'Thunderheart': Crackling Mystery." Washington Post.

1992 Apr 3: 1 (1).

Malcolm, Derek. "Thunderhead." Guardian. 1992 Oct 15: 2, 7:1.

Rozen, Leah. "Picks & Pans -- Thunderheart directed by Michael Apted and starring Val Kilmer

and Sam Shepard." People Weekly. 1992 Apr 20; (15): 21-22.

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