Soldier Blue

Soldier Blue is a 1970 American revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Candice Bergen as Kathy Maribel "Cresta" Lee, Peter Strauss as Honus Gant, and Donald Pleasence as Isaac Q. Cumber. After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Cresta, who sympathizes with the Native Americans, and Honus, a devout private devoted to his duty. Together, they must try to reach the army camp where Cresta's fiancé waits, navigating through the desert with low supplies and facing various dangers along the way.