The Mystic Warrior (Do Not Use)
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Beltran
Devon Ericson
Rion Hunter
Victoria Racimo
Nick Ramus
James Remar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
This five-hour saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave (Robert Beltran) to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors, was the end result of a controversial programming venture that was envisioned nearly five years earlier as a ten-hour miniseries adaptation of Ruth Beebe Hill's best-selling "Hanta Yo." Later, questions about the authenticity of the book and about its author, who is Caucasian, prompted various Indian factions to pressure the producers and then the network for substantial changes in the film's concept (and possibly a complete scrapping of the project). Executive producers Wolper and Margulies, who had done "Roots," persevered with this scaled-down version, cast primarily with relatively unfamiliar TV faces -- many of them Indian. Emmy Award nominations went to Gerald Fried for his music score (part 1) and to the costume designers, makeup artists and hairstylist.
Cast
Robert Beltran
Devon Ericson
Rion Hunter
Victoria Racimo
Nick Ramus
James Remar
Ned Romero
Ron Soble
Will Sampson
Roger Campo
Hortensia Colorado
Brigitte Gault
Patty Kotero
Ivan Naranjo
Branscombe Richmond
Rita Rogers
Joanelle Nadine Romero
Geno Silva
Doug Toby
David Yanez
George Aguilar
Henry K Bal
Joshua Gallegos
Darwin Mitchell
Tony Russel
Frank Salsedo
Sonny Skyhawk
Crew
George American Horse
George Amiotte
Bill Clove
Lucille Taylor Cusolito
Robert Eberlein
Michael Eliot
Alan Fama
Paul Freeman
Gerald Fried
Dino Ganziano
Ruth Beebe Hill
Ruth Beebe Hill
Werner Keppler
Chuck Korian
Stevan Larner
Leo Lotito
Stan Margulies
Richard L Mccullough
Mort Rabinowitz
Richard Raguse
Jeb Rosebrook
Ed Sunley
David L. Wolper
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States May 20, 1984
Aired in United States May 21, 1984
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