<Li> Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Gray Thorn </Li> <Li> Ana De Sade as Moon Star </Li> <P> Much of the film was shot in 1975 in South Dakota in the United States . Other scenes were filmed in the United Kingdom and Mexico . </P> <P> The film received mixed reviews on its release . Roger Ebert, while not highly critical of the film, noted that the film attempted to take itself too seriously and paid unnecessary attention to detail . According to Ebert "The film reveals its basic white - chauvinist bias, but it certainly seems to take itself seriously . It's of average length, but paced like an epic . There are four main movements in the plot: Return, Reconciliation, Revenge and Rebirth . If this seems a little thin for a two - hour movie, believe me, it is, even with all that portentous music trying to make it seem momentous ." </P>

Where was return of a man called horse filmed