He was in charge of ensuring the use of authentic haircuts, applying war paint, and overseeing scalpings.
Put a dashing hero on a drooping, plodding horse and even the most cityfied youngster would pelt the television screen .
In addition to changing the villain's name from Chivington to Templeton, Kirkley noted that the production radically altered the details of the massacre as well as the motive.
The real Chivington, wrote Kirkley, was a former minister motivated by a fervent belief that Indians "were no better than wild beasts, to be exterminated when found."
[5] Filmink wrote "Derek plays a decent lieutenant who winds up blamed for the whole thing; once more, he’s effective as a weak and passive person.