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Overview
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Writers:
Paul Wellman (novel)
James R. Webb (written by)
Release Date:
9 July 1954 (USA) more
Plot:
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation... more | add synopsis
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Walter Hill: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 9 September 2009, 12:07 AM, PDT)
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Burt Lancaster & Jean Peters as blue-eyed Apaches more (17 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Burt Lancaster | ... | Massai | |
| Jean Peters | ... | Nalinle | |
| John McIntire | ... | Al Sieber | |
| Charles Bronson | ... | Hondo (as Charles Buchinsky) | |
| John Dehner | ... | Weddle | |
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | Santos | |
| Ian MacDonald | ... | Clagg | |
| Walter Sande | ... | Lt. Col. Beck | |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | Dawson | |
| Monte Blue | ... | Geronimo |
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Also Known As:
Bronco Apache (USA) (original script title)
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Runtime:
91 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Argentina:13 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #16783, General Audience)
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United Artists pressured director Robert Aldrich into shooting a more optimistic ending in the final days of shooting. Aldrich reluctantly agreed and was dismayed when the film was released with this alternate ending. He later concluded that "if you shoot two endings, they will always use the other one, never yours". more
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Revealing mistakes: When Massai exits Santos' wickiup, his shadow is visible on the blue backdrop simulating the sky. more
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[first lines]
Lt. Col. Beck:
Do you think he means it this time?
Al Sieber:
We'll see.
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Referenced in Living Steam: Virginia and Truckee Then and Now at the Nevada State Railroad Museum (2008) (V) more
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If you can suspend disbelief that Burt Lancaster and Jean Peters are Apaches, then this isn't a bad western. If you can't, well then there's gonna be a lot of low ratings posted here.
In 1886, Geronimo and his braves surrender to the U.S. Calvary in New Mexico and are shipped off to Ft. Marion, Florida. All except one, an Apache named Massai (Burt Lancaster) who begins a one man war against the whites.
Massai escapes from the train that is shipping the Apaches back east and makes his way back to New Mexico. From there, he attacks wagons, soldiers, bridges etc., making life hard for the authorities. He kidnaps Nalinle (Jean Peters) and takes her up to the hills with him while Indian scouts John McIntire and Charles Bronson hunt them down.
Massai finds an isolated spot in the high country and starts to plant a small corn field from seed he got from a Cherokee farmer (Morris Ankrum). He also gets Peters pregnant with child.
The ending scene in Massai's little cornfield is pure Hollywood. The action scenes are tight as we see Lancaster jumping from rock to rock as he picks off at least 10 of the Indian scouts that have him surrounded. But then as Massai is wounded and runs into McIntire in the cornfield, disbelief occurs and the conclusion seems tacked on in order to make a happy ending out of it. You'll have to see it for yourself.
Still, it's entertaining enough as it is. It's based on a true incident and Lancaster at least brings some dignity to his role as the noble warrior turned farmer who wants to be left in peace. It could've turned out a lot worse.
I give it a 6 out of 10 for his performance alone.