when the legend die be a powerful and move story of an orphan ute indian who go on to become tom black bull and a champion bronc rider . raise in the old way and tom be give a white man name and must adopt the language and way of the white man to live in that world . bitter about the role he have be force into and tom find fulfillment do one thing and busting horse and rid them to death and in the rodeo . the movie have richard widmark in the role of red and the man who befriend tom and act a his manager . red be a drunk who eventually die in the story and which be about where the movie end . the real story be completely ignore and the dark side of tom black bull who develop a reputation a a killer of horse in the rodeo arena . oh well and you should read the book and this movie doesn not come close to do the story justice .