Cotter
Year: 1973
Plot: Cotter, a Sioux Indian working as a rodeo clown, is fired and threatened by the bull riders after his alcoholism causes him to be too slow to save a rider from a charging bull, resulting in the rider's death. With nowhere to go, he returns to his small hometown and reconnects with his old friend Roy and Roy's wife, Leah. However, the townspeople's long-standing prejudice against Cotter's heritage and his reputation as a hard drinker resurface. When a local, wealthy rancher turns up dead and missing a large amount of cash, Cotter, who was the last person to see him alive, immediately becomes the prime suspect. As a mob begins to hunt him down, Cotter realizes that even his old friends are turning against him in a tense drama that explores themes of racism, alcoholism, and betrayal.
