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L5840 (USA, 1970) (Other titles: Pequeno gran hombre; Il piccolo grande uomo)

Credits: director, ; writer, Calder Willingham ; novel, . Cast: , , Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan. Summary: covering much of the history of the post-Civil War West by telling the story of Jack Crabb. Crabb is either the Old West’s most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi. Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) is 121 years old. And he claims to have done it all. He’s been a full-fledged , an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of , colleague of , and is the only survivor of Custer’s Last Stand. One of five western films produced during the Vietnam war which have been described as Vietnam allegories.

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