Apache Blood (1975)

In the western desert a young brave avenges the deaths of his tribe in a massacre by the US Army.

Director:

Vern Piehl (as Tom Quillen)

Writers:

Dewitt Lee (screenplay), Jack Lee (screenplay)

Stars:

Ray Danton, Dewitt Lee, Troy Nabors

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ray Danton	...	Yellow Shirt
Dewitt Lee	...	Sam Glass
Troy Nabors	...	Cpl. Lem Hawkins
Diane Taylor	...	Yellow Shirt's Woman
Eva Kovacs	...	Martha Glass
Jason Clark	...	Army Dispatch Rider
Dave Robart	...	Soldier
William Chadwick	...	Soldier
Carl Mancini	...	Soldier
Earl Baldwin	...	Soldier
Wilford 'Whizzer' White	...	Indian
Carl Nelson	...	Indian
Jack Lee	...	Soldier at Fort

Storyline

In the western desert a young brave avenges the deaths of his tribe in a massacre by the US Army.

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Plot Keywords:

apache | bandana | calvary | creek | squaw | 

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

S'he Ee Clit Soak

Filming Locations:

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 1971 under the title "Sh'e ee Clit Soak", which translates as "A Man Called She", retained as the title song.

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Goofs

As Yellow Shirt chases the mountain men through the desert, he is shown running without his rifle. As he closes in on the mountain man, he has his rifle.

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Connections

Edited into Cynful Movies: Apache Blood (2019)

User Reviews

Underatted Western Slasher

• This film gets a bad rap on reviews sites, but c'mon! You've got the director of the cheesy Psychic Killer dressed as an Indian, a Western slasher film that turns Rambo in the middle, then back to slasher mode again. This film is great!

Our Final Girl is a gruff guide for a troop of Yankees who's having a really bad day. Not only was he attacked by a bear, he was mistaken for dead and chucked in a shallow grave by his mates. Worse still, Ray Danton's crazed Apache and his sidekicks are on the warpath. No gun fights here, per se – this is stalk and slashtastic!

I got a bit worried when Danton seemingly killed all the Yankees in the space of the first half hour of this film, but this was when the guide turned the tables and started kicking Apache arse, setting cactus spike traps, and dropping rocks on people's heads.

I also started to worry a bit when the last half hour of the film seemed to boil down to one guy chasing another guy through the desert, but I didn't find this at all boring. Check out the guide having a tantrum at a rattlesnake! Also, there's a grim ending and a head scratching epilogue.

It looks to me like a lot of the gore was edited out of this film, although there's brief flashes here and there. Hardly any dialogue too, which may be why folks complain so much about this film. Well, that and the lack of any plot whatsoever. I enjoyed it, though. Don't go in expecting anything but a Z-grade Western slasher and you might like it too.