Last of the Red Arrows (Apaches in film)
Apache people traditionally resided in Arizona, Northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Sonora), New Mexico, Southern Colorado, and West Texas.
Some Apache leaders were Cochise, Geronimo, Mangas Coloradas, and Nana.
The Apache were well-suited and adapted to the harsh terrains and were excellent guerilla fighters (often missing from many of these films).
The current division of Apache groups includes Chiricahua, Western Apache, Jicarilla, Mescalero, Lipan, and Plains Apache (also known as the Kiowa-Apache).
I have also included films with Navajo, Yaqui, Comanche, and Kiowa-Apache
+ Also includes some Western movies.
Enjoy.
Some Apache leaders were Cochise, Geronimo, Mangas Coloradas, and Nana.
The Apache were well-suited and adapted to the harsh terrains and were excellent guerilla fighters (often missing from many of these films).
The current division of Apache groups includes Chiricahua, Western Apache, Jicarilla, Mescalero, Lipan, and Plains Apache (also known as the Kiowa-Apache).
I have also included films with Navajo, Yaqui, Comanche, and Kiowa-Apache
+ Also includes some Western movies.
Enjoy.
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- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonJack PalanceJames WhitmoreIn 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
- CreatorSamuel A. PeeplesStarsBarry SullivanClu GulagerWalter LawrenceFictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set in New Mexico in the 1870s.Episode: Apache Daughter (1961).
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsJoel McCreaArlene DahlBarry SullivanIn 1865, three escaped Confederate POWs are coerced into joining an offshoot of Quantrill's raiders who are planning to rob a Union gold shipment concealed in a civilian wagon train going from Santa Fe to St. Louis.
- StarsTristram CoffinKelo HendersonHal HopperTrue stories of the Arizona rangers around 1900.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsJoel McCreaForrest TuckerJohn RussellA cavalry troop finds itself under constant attack by Indians.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJohn LundJeff ChandlerSusan CabotWhen Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsJason PatricGene HackmanRobert DuvallThe story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government's subjugation of his people.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsChuck ConnorsKamala DeviPat ConwayIn 1880s Arizona, General Crook and his troops are trying to subdue the last tribe of Apache led by Geronimo.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneHenry FondaShirley TempleAt Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTommy Lee JonesCate BlanchettEvan Rachel WoodIn 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBurt LancasterBruce DavisonJorge LukeAfter fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
- DirectorBurt KennedyNiksa FulgosiStarsBekim FehmiuRichard CrennaChuck ConnorsArmy deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
- DirectorCharles CorrellStarsJames ArnessRichard KileyAmy StochJames Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the U.S. Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 television series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken his daughter captive. As a bargaining chip, Dillon helps two sons of Apache chief Geronimo out of the fort stockade and offers them in trade. Dillon is aided by an Army scout, Chalk Brighton (Richard Kiley).
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBurt LancasterBruce DavisonJorge LukeAfter fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
- StarsTristram CoffinKelo HendersonThe Rangers try to convince a group of settlers illegally homesteading on the Apache reservation to leave before violence occurs.
- DirectorRobert B. SinclairStarsTy HardinBuddy EbsenMort MillsArmy scout Bronco is to find out who's been killing and scalping Apache men, woman, and children. The chief's brother was among the last victims, and Bronco must find the guilty parties before the peace treaty is broken and war breaks out.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonGeorge MarshallStarsIda LupinoGlenn FordGig YoungFortune seeker Barry Storm stumbles onto some clues that may lead him to the fabulous Lost Dutchman Mine, but others have tried and been murdered.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonBarbara RushGregg PalmerWhen peacemaking Apache chief Cochise dies, the Chiricahua Apaches are torn between following Cochise's peace loving son Taza and following the warlike renegade Apache warrior Geronimo.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsVictor MatureColeen GrayGlenn LanganTwo sons of a general try to prove that he did not give an order that resulted in the Indian massacre of a wagon train and army fort.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy DevineA group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsAudie MurphyDarren McGavinRuta LeeFormer Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam's ex-wife.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanFredric MarchRichard BooneJohn Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Apaches becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsPreston FosterEllen DrewAndy DevineThe army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBurt LancasterJean PetersJohn McIntireRefusing to let himself be re-settled on a Florida reservation, Massai, an Apache warrior, escapes his captors and returns to his homeland to become a peaceful farmer.
- DirectorJosé María ElorrietaStarsGermán CobosMariano Vidal MolinaAldo SambrellA wagon train en route to Arizona crosses Apache territory and is attacked by chief Geronimo's fierce warriors. The surviving settlers seek refuge in a nearby fort and have to brave the incessant attacks and dwindling water resources.
