The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defend them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment of rifles, but it's stolen by greedy white traders with the help of mutinous soldiers.
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| Audie Murphy | ... | Captain Coburn | |
| Michael Burns | ... | Doug | |
| Kenneth Tobey | ... | Corporal Bodine | |
| Laraine Stephens | ... | Ellen | |
| Robert Brubaker | ... | Sergeant Walker | |
| Michael Blodgett | ... | Mike | |
| Michael Keep | ... | Cochise | |
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Kay Stewart | ... | Kate Malone |
| Kenneth MacDonald | ... | Harry Malone | |
| Byron Morrow | ... | Colonel Reed | |
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Willard W. Willingham | ... | Fuller (as Willard Willingham) |
| Ted Gehring | ... | Barrett | |
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James Beck | ... | Higgins |
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Maurice Hart | ... | Narrated by (voice) |
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In 1868 Arizona the Apaches led by Cochise are on a warpath and U.S. Army Captain Bruce Coburn is tasked with protecting settlers on their way to Apache Wells. A group of undisciplined soldiers, led by corporal Bodine, make Coburn's task more difficult. When they're sent after a shipment of repeating rifles Bodine and four others steal the weapons and desert. Captain Coburn manages to return to Apache Wells where he vows to capture Bodine and his fellow deserters. Meanwhile, Bodine mets Cochise to negotiate the sale of the stolen repeating rifles without knowing that Captain Coburn has recovered the stolen weapons and has killed the other deserters. Cochise and Bodine chase after Captain Coburn in an attempt to recuperate the rifles which both the Apaches and the settlers need in order to prevail. A race against time ensues. Written by nufs68
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1 May 1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Capt. Bruce Coburn: That's right, sir. You'll wind up in the same place *anyway*.
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At the end of the movie, as the camera focuses on the flag, if you look closely, the flag has 50 stars and not 37 stars the U.S. flag had in 1868. See more »Goofs
At the film's climax, Doug rides to help Captain Coburn and as he rounds the top of the hill he is clearly riding with both hands on the reins with his rifle in its saddle holster, but seconds later as he dismounts, he has his rifle in his hand. See more »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*.
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Opening credits prologue: (on a book cover) THE APACHE WARS IN ARIZONA TERRITORY For years following the Civil War, the question was whether Indians or the United States Army would control Arizona Territory. Bands of hostile Apaches roamed the countryside. Only the courage and dedication of a few brave fighting men kept the Territory from being completely overrun. See more »Connections
Referenced in Please, Hold the Spaghetti!: Apache Rifles and the End of the Conventional Western (2010) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Murphy does all the right things but they are the same heroics and " it's okay I'm just shot in the chest so I ain't gonna flinch" routine as westerns had ten and twenty years before. It's hard to believe this film was made in the era of the American Indian movement and the Beatles etc. This film also reminds me of why the western faded. The Indians here are simple ciphers. They are portrayed as mindless " hostiles" and the western clichés are trotted out. The" whites" are heroics defenders, the Indians are savages. 1967 was far too late for that to play any more. I laughed when the opening line was " there were only a few brave men stopping the whole Territory of Arizona being overrun".they meant of course a few brave settlers from the east. But it struck me as odd that in 67 the line was not in any way used for irony. The few brave men were in fact Indians defending their community and the overrunning was being done by " whites". Overall it's workmanlike effort but nothing really distinguished this film from any production line western from the 50's. Murphy seems tired but competent and remarkably well preserved for a WWII veteran.