Charlton Heston is Bannon, Chief of Scouts, fighting the apaches. The army was trying to meet with the apache peacefully, but Bannon and his men have started off on the wrong foot, and now he's in trouble with his leaders. a few other big names here... Brian Keith and Jack Palance. The apaches appear to surrender and live on a reservation... but Bannon isn't falling for it. he spent part of his life among the apaches, and he doesn't think they will give in so easily. he knows the chief, his son (Jack Palance) , and apache law, and he is suspicious. Katy Jurado is Nita... part indian, part mexican, and Bannon isn't quite sure what she's up to either. Jurado will be nominated for Broken Lance, one year later. Heston and Palance were both oscar winners, of course. The story is quite good, and partly based on a real scout. it all leads up to a final showdown between the scout and his blood brother, the apache. Written and directed by prolific western writer and director Charles Warren. according to wikipedia, he had a large hand in creating Gunsmoke and Rawhide, not to mention writing on TONS of other great films. Arrowhead is pretty good.
