Run of the Arrow is a 1957 American Western film written, directed, and produced by Samuel Fuller and starring Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen, and Charles Bronson.

Returning to his home in Virginia, O'Meara rejects the pleas of his mother to put aside his hatred and settle down, as she notes the losses that the family and community have suffered in the war.

O'Meara finds travel in strange territory difficult until meeting Walking Coyote, an aging Oglala scout who speaks English and is heading back to his home tribe to die.

When the Sioux leader Red Cloud negotiates an agreement with Army General Allen for the troops to build Fort Lincoln within a prescribed area, O'Meara becomes a guide and translator for the soldiers under the command of Captain Clark.

Driscoll takes O'Meara prisoner and prepares to hang him, when the Indians attack in a battle that kills many of the army troops and destroys the fort.

[3] At the time of its release, critics commented favorably on director Samuel Fuller's decision to concentrate on feet in the "run of the arrow" scene rather than showing the actors in full.

After Dances With Wolves was released in 1990, several knowledgeable critics, including Jeremy Arnold in the Los Angeles Times and Angela Aleiss in her essay for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, noted that the plot was almost identical to this picture.