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Release Date: 1972

Categories: Movies, Western, Coming of age

When The Legends Die is both a novel and a film. The novel was written in 1963 by Hal Borland, and has become young adult classic. The film was made in 1972, starring Richard Widmark and Frederic Forrest. It was directed by Stuart Millar from a screenplay written by Robert Dozier. It was freely adapted from the novel, updating the action from the start of the 20th century to the present, and cutting out the majority of the original plot, effectively basing itself on only one (albeit important) section of the novel. The title is taken from the saying "When the legends die the dreams end,... MORE

When The Legends Die is both a novel and a film. The novel was written in 1963 by Hal Borland, and has become young adult classic. The film was made in 1972, starring Richard Widmark and Frederic Forrest. It was directed by Stuart Millar from a screenplay written by Robert Dozier. It was freely adapted from the novel, updating the action from the start of the 20th century to the present, and cutting out the majority of the original plot, effectively basing itself on only one (albeit important) section of the novel. The title is taken from the saying "When the legends die the dreams end, when the dreams end there is no more greatness." A Ute Indian youth, Tom Black Bull (played by Frederic Forrest), leaves the reservation to enter the rodeo life. He is under the tutelage of Red Dillon, a talented man with a drinking problem, who is played by Richard Widmark. The youth feels in a struggle to belong to two worlds. LESS