Always specify Jeri Arredondo when you are looking for the world's most beautiful Native American. True, her role isn't large in this one, but it is important. The movie is well directed too by a gent called Boon Collins, who also wrote the engaging story that is so well acted here, not only by the human players, such as Dan Haggerty and young Trever Yarrish on one side and chillingly villainous William Smith on the other, but by the eagles (with a little assistance, I suspect, from special effects – but I could be wrong). In fact, all aspects of the film are so engaging – script, acting, locations, music and especially photography (Lew V. Adams – amazingly, this is his only movie as cinematographer) – that one wonders why the movie is not better known. I'm also surprised to see that it received such bad reviews. For me, this film was most engaging. I liked the players. I liked the story. I liked the scenery. I liked the eagles. And most of all, I liked Jeri Arredondo. (This movie is available on an Echo Bridge DVD, coupled with Sign of the Otter, Walking Thunder, Long Road Home and Castle Rock.)
Review of Spirit of the Eagle
