I Will Fight No More Forever

(ABC, 4/19/1975, 120 mins) Dramatization of a tragic part of U.S. history in which the leader of the Nez Perce Indians refused to take his tribe to a reservation in 1877, trying instead to lead them to safety in Canada, with the cavalry in pursuit trying to stop the escape. Emmy Award nominations went to writers Jeb Rosebrook and Theodore Strauss and to editor Robert K. Lambert.

Production Company Wolper Productions. Director Richard T. Heffron. Executive Producer David L. Wolper. Producer Stan Margulies. Teleplay Jeb Rosebrook, Theodore Strauss. Photography Jorge Stahl. Music Gerald Fried. Editor Robert K. Lambert. Associate Producer Malcolm D. Alper.

Cast James Whitmore (Gen. Oliver O. Howard), Ned Romero (Chief Joseph), Sam Elliott (Captain Wood), John Kauffman (Wahlitits), Emilio Delgado (Olloket), Nick Ramus (Rainbow), Linda Redfearn (Toma), Frank Sotonoma Salsedo (White Bird), W. Vincent St. Cyr (Chief Looking Glass), Deloy White (Colonel Gibbon), Charles Ynfante (Yellow Wolf).