As Shining Sky grows, he catches the eye, and eventually wins the heart, of Rising Sun, one of his red neighbors.

In time, though, Shining Sky learns that the noblewoman he's fallen for is a codependent of all of the white men who hunt redfolk as if they were pronghorn.

They have an argument...which ends in the noblewoman tearing her own raiment, and framing Shining Sky for having raped her.

White men torment, and eventually kill, Rising Sun, in a semi-successful bid to draw Shining Sky out.

He collects it in his arms and takes it to his village...thus presumably repeating the cycle of the movie's plot.

While only Mattei is credited,[1][3] some sources such as Kevin Grant's book Any Gun Can Play state that Claudio Fragasso also directed the film uncredited.

[6] From retrospective reviews, in their book Dizionario del cinema italiano, Roberto Chiti and Roberto Poppi noted the film had a poor story, modest acting and was hastily directed while praised its attempt to develop characters in the story.