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The Dark Wind (1991)

A Navajo police officer is mixed up in drug smuggling and murder on the reservation.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lance Baker ...
Mr. Archer
Betty C. Barlow ...
Old Navajo Woman #2
...
Larry
...
Motel Clerk
Arlene Bowman ...
Edna Nezzie
...
Agent Johnson
Charlie Carpenter ...
Pilot
...
Ben Gaines
Julia Collins ...
Old Navajo Woman #1
Kee Collins ...
Old Navajo Man #1
...
Cowboy Albert Dashee
Patrick Jensen ...
Albino Boy
...
Jake West
Neil Kayquoptewa ...
Lomatewa
James Koots ...
Taylor
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A Navajo police officer is mixed up in drug smuggling and murder on the reservation.

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A Brisa da Morte  »

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Gary Farmer (Cowboy Dashee) and Lou Diamond Phillips have also worked together on Sioux City and Longmire. See more »

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At the road side stands, the flag of Texas has the white star upside down. The stripes are correct so the flag, itself, is not upside down. See more »

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The producers would like to acknowledge the Hopi and Navajo people. Their land, culture and humor enlightened us throughout the making of "The Dark Wind." See more »

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Followed by Coyote Waits (2003) See more »

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Louisiana Hush Puppy
Music and Lyrics by Harry Shannon
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A faithful interpretation of the book
15 October 2006 | by – See all my reviews

Having read all of Tony Hillerman's work in the Leaphorn/Chee series, I felt the movie was pretty good. I understood the plot and felt it was quite faithful to the book. The acting by Lou Diamond Philips was very in character with Jim Chee. Gary Farmer and Fred Ward also turned in performances worthy of the characters they portrayed. Robert Redford executive produced this and was diligent in using American Indians as actors throughout the film. I enjoyed hearing the characters speaking Navajo. Three more of Tony Hillerman's works were further formated for PBS, again with Robert Redford's involvement. Chee and Leaphorn are cast with different actors, who are wonderful too, but I believe that Gary Farmer is in at least one of these other films.


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