The Legend of Jedediah Carver

Jedediah is thrown from his horse after his mount has been surprised by a rattlesnake. He is left to die but he continues to crawl like a desert creature across a wilderness. Crow Dog has escaped prison. Is his vision of his daughter being accidently killed a memory or a dream? This film takes place in a dreamlike limbo-land where we're not too sure whether we are watching ghosts or if people have been resurrected for revenge. This is the third and last film from Dewitt Lee who wrote and directed and played Jedediah. I think this one has gone under the radar because there is no well-known actor featured as in his first two films. This may be the same Dewitt Lee who made a chain-gang record called 'Poor Man' in 1960 as the vocal style on that is similar to the 'Listen To The Wild Wind Blow' song that is featured in this movie. There are musical homages to Sergio Leon's spaghetti westerns with harmonica and flute and a musical time piece. The typical action western fan will probably lose patience with the slowness of this movie so this is more likely to appeal to followers of film curiosities. If you like nice photography and the haunted atmosphere of wild places you may get the same slow-burn enjoyment of watching this rarity as I did.

The star and producer and director of photography and their wives and children impressed me as they made this wonderful epic geographically expressed film. My name is Joshua, I co-starred, and wrote some music. Excellent experience for a young Indian American. I'm still in Nashville Tennessee. I appreciate IMDb for this site.