Un piccolo indiano

Standard western from Disney has Calvary soldier-turned-deserter James Garner escaping incarceration with two camels, coming across an Indian boy in the New Mexico desert, also on the run; turns out the kid, who speaks near-perfect English, is a "white eyes," either adopted by the Indians or raised in captivity (the movie is shy to say). Family film uses the ornery camels for comic relief, while Garner's paternal feelings for the boy underline the scenario with sentiment. Vera Miles plays a handsome widow, conveniently placed on the journey (with a young daughter, Jodie Foster) for the soldier to warm to and the boy to learn from about family. Luckily for Garner, Miles still has her dead husband's razor so's the soldier can give himself a shave... ** from ****

I love James Garner films, especially western, especially old ones. This one from the Disney studios is a gem, featuring a very young Jodie Foster as a 10 year old girl with a crush on the "little Indian" who turns out to be not an Indian at all.

OK, so it might be a bit corny for modern tastes, but the acting is flawless all around, especially Garner and Vera Miles and the "little Indian" played by Clay O'Brien. The camels are great too, obviously played by camels. Whoever their trainer was did a great job!

If you like good clean family entertainment without senseless filler, then I recommend this film could be for you!

I have watched this many times with my children all 7. And everyone enjoys it. Still we have watched it over and over along with their friends and as stated before everyone who has ever seen this movie watchs it again and again. There are not many family movies around anymore. There should be more movies like this made now adays. Kids will always be kids. Everyone enjoys a good comdey. No matter what age they are. This movie is truely a treasure. How can you not like James Garner. One of many Disney movies for the whole family. This should be put on a dvd and brought back out on the shelves for all to see and watch. So get out the popcorn and get ready for a GOOD family movie.

Jim Garner is one of our favorite actors, and we're also partial to early Disney movies, but this was kind of a "middle era" Disney movie and I think they could have done a lot more with it.

Garner doesn't really shine in this role, lending itself more to the "always annoyed" Garner you'll later get used to seeing in The Rockford files.

The camels were a nice touch and provided some levity.

Far too little was done with the characters played by Vera Miles and Jodie Foster. They could have used anyone in those roles, they were so brief and uncomplicated.

Overall, for us it was worth the watch to see a Garner film we'd never seen before, but not worth a rewatch.

How boring.

'One Little Indian' lasts for just 90 minutes but somehow feels much longer, the pacing is so slow; not helped by hardly any action or noteworthy event(s). The cast do alright, but the plot isn't interesting or well told; of course the idea is a heartwarming one, but never once does it really come through as that. Not sure the kid attempting to be Native American is necessary, either.

I have zero issues with the onscreen talent themselves, James Garner (Clint), Vera Miles (Doris) and Clay O'Brien (Mark), among others, all give fine performances - could've been better, could've been worse. It's always cool seeing a future famous cast member when they were younger, Jodie Forster (Martha) in this case.

All too mundane. A weak attempt, even if Disney have done worse.