40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)

Director:

William Witney

Writers:

Willard W. Willingham (written by)
Mary Willingham (written by)

Release Date:

1 May 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Adventure | Romance

Plot:

The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defend them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment of rifles...

Plot Keywords:

Cowardice | Native American Attack | Native American | Deserter | Cavalry

Cast

Audie Murphy	...	Capt. Bruce Coburn
Michael Burns	...	Doug Malone
Kenneth Tobey	...	Cpl. Bodine
Laraine Stephens	...	Ellen Malone
Robert Brubaker	...	Sgt. Walker
Michael Blodgett	...	Mike Malone
Michael Keep	...	Cochise
Kay Stewart	...	Kate Malone
Kenneth MacDonald	...	Harry Malone
Byron Morrow	...	Col. Homer E. Reed
Willard W. Willingham	...	Trooper Fuller (as Willard Willingham)
Ted Gehring	...	Trooper Barrett
James Beck	...	Trooper Higgins
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maurice Hart	...	Narrator (voice)

Runtime:

95 min | West Germany:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #21321) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Lovejoy Buttes, Lancaster, California, USA

Company:

Robert E. Kent Productions

Quotes:

Col. Homer Reed: Captain, there are two ways to get men through a door; *kick* 'em through, or you can *lead* 'em through.
Capt. Bruce Coburn: That's right, sir. You'll wind up in the same place *anyway*.

Lame 40's style bad indians, good settlers movie...

1st watched 11/23/2006 - 2 out of 10(Dir-William Witney): Lame 40's style bad indians, good settlers movie made in the late 60's(believe it or not). This movie definitely takes us back in time when westerns were one-sided and badly acted(these were not good times) and why this movie had to take us back there I don't know. Portrayed as a harsh captain(played by Audie Murphy), his men dessert him in the desert as they are trying to bring 40 repeating rifles back to the settler's base to defend themselves against Cochese's Apache Indians who vow to not leave one white man alive in their Arizona Territory shortly after the civil war. What the rest of the movie consists of is gun battles occurring after the Captain tries to regain the rifles on his own, goofy romance, estranged alliances and of course, the good guys coming out rosy in the end(at least as is portrayed in this movie). Other parts of the movie that are a downer include un-necessary narration(that reminds us of those Disney TV documentaries), canned music and an altogether old worn-out theme that shouldn't have been retread. Besides this I guess it wasn't that bad of a movie...just kidding, it was that bad.