Ulzana's Raid
Ulzana's Raid is a 1972 American Revisionist Western film starring Burt Lancaster, Richard Jaeckel, Bruce Davison and Joaquin Martinez. The film, which was filmed on location in Arizona, was directed by Robert Aldrich based on a script by Alan Sharp. It portrays a brutal raid by Chiricahua Apaches against European settlers in 1880s Arizona.
Plot
Following mistreatment by Indian agency authorities, Ulzana breaks out of the San Carlos Indian Reservation with a small Chiricahua war party. When news reaches Fort Lowell, the commanding officer sends riders out to alert the local settlers. However, both troopers are ambushed separately; one is dragged away while the other kills the European woman he is escorting and then himself. The Apaches play catch with his liver. The woman's husband, who stayed behind to protect his farm, is captured and tortured to death. McIntosh, an ageing U.S. Army scout, is ordered to bring in Ulzana. Joining him will be a few dozen soldiers led by the inexperienced lieutenant, Garnett DeBuin, a veteran Cavalry sergeant and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache scout. Ke-Ni-Tay knows Ulzana because their wives are sisters.
More details
author | Alan Sharp |
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director | Robert Aldrich |
editor | Michael Luciano |
genre | western |
keywords | age ambush apache scout apache scouts army scout burn bury capture cavalry chiricahua commanding officer craze dead boy force how to injured kill lieutenant murder ptsd raid reconnaissance san carlos apache indian reservation san carlos indian reservation scout sergeant survive tortured to death u.s. army ulzana united states army united states cavalry war party wound |
musicBy | Frank De Vol |
producer | Carter De Haven Jr. |
productionCompany | De Haven Productions The Associates & Aldrich Company |
publisher | Universal Pictures |