Last of the Red Arrows (Apaches in film Part 2)
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 see In the Land of the Yellow Sky (Apaches in film Part 1) for more films.
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 see In the Land of the Yellow Sky (Apaches in film Part 1) for more films.
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 Native Americans, 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.
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsSterling HaydenBarbara BillingsleyJames SeayA small army garrison is surrounded by Apaches who threaten to wipe out the entire command unless an Indian prisoner is set free.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsClayton MooreJay SilverheelsDouglas KennedyThree Indians are murdered. Each was wearing a medallion when he died. Together the medallions form a puzzle whose solution points to gold.
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsClayton MooreBud OsborneTommy FarrellJim Scott attempts to bring peace between west-bound settlers and native Apaches. This task is made harder by a band of local outlaws.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsJohn PayneJoe MarossGloria TalbottBonner must travel through renegade Apache territory to escort a ruthless killer to another town for his hanging. Before he leaves, however, he realizes that he will face yet another danger---the man's girlfriend, who is determined to free him.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsAudie MurphyMichael DanteLinda LawsonA young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsCharlton HestonJames CoburnBarbara HersheyIn 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is turned upside-down when his old enemy Zach Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for him.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsRory CalhounCorinne CalvetJohn RussellVarious stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forces against the Apaches.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsJohn HodiakRobert StackJoy PageA cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsAlan LaddAudrey DaltonMarisa PavanIn 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsCharlton HestonRichard HarrisJim HuttonIn 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsPeter GravesJoan VohsJohn HudsonA disgruntled settler kills an Apache chief at Fort Yuma, and the fort's commander knows that the chief's son, Manga Colorado, will seek revenge and go on the warpath.
- DirectorJack DunlapStarsRandy MulkeyPat BoltCraig HensleyA reporter searches for the truth behind an old Indian legend about a spirit that guards the entranceway to heaven and hell.Grandson of legendary Chiricahua Apache chief Cochise, Nino Cochise stars.
- DirectorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsJeff MorrowColeen GrayStrother MartinA Boston schoolmarm out west meets the sole survivor of a massacre, a drunk in jail.
- CreatorJim ByrnesAlbert S. RuddyStarsJames ArnessBruce BoxleitnerKathryn HolcombThe Macahans, a family from Virginia, headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsHoward KeelYvonne De CarloJohn IrelandA Confederate spy takes the sheriff job in a lawless Union town where people are hostile to him and where a crooked saloon owner peddles rifles to the renegade Indians.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBen JohnsonA cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
- DirectorJosé Briz MéndezStarsJoseph CottenWilliam ShatnerRosanna YanniTwin brothers, half white and half Comanche, take different paths that overlap with Johnny Moon getting blamed for Notah's violent acts until the final confrontation in Rio Hondo.Comanche.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsBroderick CrawfordBarbara HaleJohnny StewartThe remnants of a massacred cavalry troop and ragtag group of stagecoach passengers fight for survival against fierce Comanches at a desert ruin.Comanche.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsMaureen O'HaraMacdonald CareyWill GeerWhite settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.Comanche.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottKaren SteelePernell RobertsA bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.Comanche.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsClint WalkerVirginia MayoBrian KeithEluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.Comanche.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsSpencer TracyRobert WagnerJean PetersThe saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.Comanche.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.Comanche.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsRichard WidmarkFelicia FarrSusan KohnerWagon train survivors of an Apache attack entrust the sheriff's prisoner, scout Comanche Todd, with their lives despite his wanted-for-murder status.
- DirectorRodolfo de AndaStarsAndrés GarcíaArmando SilvestreJoaquín CorderoAfter the 14th Ammendment to the US Constitution, everyone has rights - except the Native Americans. Cavalry Army General Boyd applies that by breaking past treaties with the Apaches, and suppressing them in the territory under his command. A young Apache - named Cuchillo/Knife, after the massacre of his tribe - is taught that he is the gods' send to protect his people. Brought up to be a great warrior, he will attempt to reason with Boyd, and then fight an uneven battle against the Blue Demons.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsRod CameronMary CastleJ. Carrol NaishAfter his brother's mysterious murder, Webb Dunham takes over his ranch but runs into conflict with strongman rancher Matt Quigg who covets all local lands in a region infested with Yaqui Mexican bandits.Yaqui.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsJim BrownRaquel WelchBurt ReynoldsIn 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.Yaqui.
- DirectorArturo MartínezStarsJulio AlemánLucha VillaJosé Elías MorenoA young Yaqui man fights against intolerant townspeople.Yaqui.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsBurt ReynoldsAldo SambrellNicoletta MachiavelliA Native American warrior seeks revenge on the gang of sadistic scalphunters-turned-bank robbers who massacred his tribe.Navajo.
- DirectorHarry L. FraserStarsBob SteeleSyd SaylorEd CassidyThe adopted son of an Indian agent investigates the murder of his adoptive father.Navajo.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsFrancis Kee TellerJohn MitchellMrs. Kee TellerA young Navajo Indian boy is caught up in the conflict of cultures when he rejects the white man's school. Told in semi-documentary style.Navajo.
- DirectorJeff SpitzNavajo.
- DirectorAnthony HarveyStarsMartin SheenSam WaterstonHarvey KeitelA white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back.Kiowa-Apache, Comanche.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsBurt LancasterAudrey HepburnAudie MurphyThe neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.Kiowa.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockeChief Dan GeorgeMissouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.Comanche.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppArmie HammerWilliam FichtnerNative American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.Comanche.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraPatrick WayneWealthy rancher G. W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.Comanche.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsStewart GrangerPierre BriceLarry PennellOld Surehand and Old Wabble are trailing a killer, but on the way they also intervene in a dispute between the Comanche and the settlers.Comanche.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsChristopher ReeveRaoul Max TrujilloTony ToddA former slave affects peace between Native American tribes and homesteaders in 1860s around western Texas.Comanche.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsClark GableAva GardnerBroderick CrawfordEx-President Andrew Jackson sends Texan Devereaux Burke back home on a mission to facilitate Sam Houston's drive for U.S. statehood.Comanche.
- StarsSteve ZahnRyan MerrimanKeith D. RobinsonThe adventures and love lives of young Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae leading up to their retirement to the city of Lonesome Dove.Comanche.
- StarsFrank McGrathTerry WilsonRobert HortonStories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.Comanche.
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.Comanche. Episode: The Underdog (1964).
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsMaureen O'HaraMacdonald CareyWill GeerWhite settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.Comanche.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsJohn WayneGeraldine PageWard BondArmy dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
- DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosStarsRobert DoQuiIsaac FieldsBarbara HaleA recruit joins an all-black cavalry regiment led by a white man in the post-Civil War West.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGene AutryChampionCarolina CottonWhen a white man sets out to keep Indians drunk so they'll do what he wants them to, the US government sends Autry to fix things.
- StarsSteve McQueenWright KingOlan SouleA Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.Episode: Bounty for a Bride (1959).
- StarsClint WalkerClyde HowdyChuck HicksAfter the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the West looking for fights, bad guys to beat up, and women. His job changed from episode to episode.Episode: Apache Blood (1960).
- CreatorDavid DortortStarsLeif EricksonCameron MitchellHenry DarrowThe Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s.
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenClyde WareStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneAmanda BlakeMarshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
- StarsChuck ConnorsJohnny CrawfordPaul FixThe adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.Episode: The Mescalero Curse (1961).
- StarsHugh O'BrianJimmy NoelEthan LaidlawLoosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order.Episode: Wyatt Wins One (1959).
- DirectorNeil GoodwinThe life of Geronimo, as told by the Chiricahua Apaches.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsRichard BooneGeorge HamiltonLuana PattenThe trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsAnna Maria AlberghettiBen CooperJim DavisA young man returns home after several years' absence to find that a gang is after not only his family ranch, but his girlfriend as well.
- DirectorRudolf ZehetgruberGianfranco ParoliniSidney W. PinkStarsAnne BaxterMaria PerschyMaría MahorSeven women are the only survivors of an Apache attack on a wagon train. They must cross the desert on foot to escape the Indians who are hunting them.
- DirectorGottfried KolditzStarsGojko MiticRenate BlumeRolf HoppeAfter the events of Apachen (1973), Native American warrior chief Ulzana has found a place for his Apache tribe in Arizona. The local merchants hire Burton, a corrupt army officer lusting after Ulazana's Mexican wife, to kick them out.
- CreatorRobert A. CinaderStarsJohn PickardDave WillockMichael HinnCaptain Shanks Adams is in charge of the real Ft. Lowell in this syndicated fictional series set in the dangerous Arizona territory, where Adams combats all sorts of trials assisted by his scout Luke Cummings and Lt. Binning.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsJim BrownLee Van CleefPatrick O'NealThe El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJames StewartJeff ChandlerDebra PagetTom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperSusan HaywardRichard WidmarkA trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband trapped in a cave in Apache territory.
- DirectorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsCharlton HestonJack PalanceKaty JuradoChief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, Texas and he dreams of aiding in bringing peace to the region, despite opposition from both the Army and the Apaches.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsJames GarnerSidney PoitierBibi AnderssonIn Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Indian wife, and a housewife abandons her husband in order to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsGregory PeckEva Marie SaintRobert ForsterU.S. Army soldiers round up a group of Apache, mostly women and children. Surprisingly, they find among them a white woman and her half-Apache son.
- DirectorDavid Von AnckenStarsPierce BrosnanLiam NeesonAnjelica HustonAfter the end of the American Civil War, a former Confederate colonel hunts down a former Yankee officer with whom he has a grudge.Wes Studi has a small part as an Apache in the desert.
- DirectorWallace MacDonaldStarsRobert KnappMaureen HingertWalter CoyAfter his wife's murder, Gil Reardon seeks revenge on Ben Keefer. Framed for murder, he escapes prison. The Marshal permits Reardon to face Keefer and his brothers, criminals the Marshal couldn't convict. Reardon confronts them alone.
- DirectorChristopher CainStarsEmilio EstevezKiefer SutherlandLou Diamond PhillipsA group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.Lou Diamond Phillips.
- DirectorJosé María ElorrietaStarsFrank LatimoreNuria TorrayJesús PuenteA judge encounters a man (Frank Latimore) he once wronged after an Apache attack. The attack forces him, his fiancée and their fellow stagecoach passengers to take refuge at a rest stop.
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsLee Van CleefCarroll BakerStuart WhitmanA Native American born US Army officer, Captain Apache, investigating a murder, uncovers a presidential assassination plot.
- DirectorEdwin SherinStarsBurt LancasterSusan ClarkFrank SilveraA Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.No Apache warriors, but an Apache woman married to a wrongly accused black man.
Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) is also an old tracker, who fought against Apaches with the army.
Setting is Arizona in Apache country. - CreatorGeorge W. TrendleGeorge W. GeorgeStarsJay SilverheelsClayton MooreJohn HartThe adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.Tonto is either Comanche or mixed Apache.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsWilliam HoldenErnest BorgnineWoody StrodeWhen a rancher's family is massacred by a gang of outlaws, he assembles a mean team of convicts as his posse to pursue the killers.Kiowa or Comanche Indians attacking.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsBill WilliamsRichard JaeckelAlex MontoyaAfter the Civil War, government envoys organize a cattle drive from Texas to Kansas but Mexican bandits and Apache renegades plan to steal the cattle and a secret shipment of Henry repeating rifles.
- DirectorRobert GordonStarsGuy StockwellRobert FullerBarBara LunaTwo backstabbing deserters steal a Gatling Gun from their cavalry unit to attack an Apache tribe and steal their gold. They get help from a naive pacifist pastor. Meanwhile, both the cavalry and the Apache go after them - and the Gun.