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Apache War Smoke

Apache War Smoke

Flaming Arrows! Smoking Guns!

1952 1h 7mWestern

An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just pulled into the station, as has the stationmaster's father, a former bandit named Peso, and they all find themselves besieged by the Apaches, who want them to turn over the killer to them or they'll take the station and kill everybody. The problem is that the people in the station aren't sure just who among therm is the actual killer.

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Synopsis

An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just pulled into the station, as has the stationmaster's father, a former bandit named Peso, and they all find themselves besieged by the Apaches, who want them to turn over the killer to them or they'll take the station and kill everybody. The problem is that the people in the station aren't sure just who among therm is the actual killer.

The vibe

apache nationoutlaw

Behind it

Harold F. KressDirectorJerry DavisWriterErnest HaycoxStoryJohn AltonJohn AltonCinematography

Cast

Gilbert RolandGilbert RolandPeso Herrera
Glenda FarrellGlenda FarrellFanny Webson
Robert HortonRobert HortonTom Herrera
Barbara RuickBarbara RuickNancy Dekker
Gene LockhartGene LockhartCyril R. Snowden
Harry MorganHarry MorganEd Cotten
Patricia TiernanPatricia TiernanLorraine Sayburn
Hank WordenHank WordenAmber
Myron HealeyMyron HealeyPike Curtis
Emmett LynnEmmett LynnLes
Argentina BrunettiArgentina BrunettiMadre
Robert BlakeRobert BlakeLuis Herrera
Douglass DumbrilleDouglass DumbrilleMaj. Dekker
Iron Eyes CodyIron Eyes CodyApache with Major Dekker's Hat
Chubby JohnsonChubby JohnsonJuke

Director

Harold F. Kress

Writers

Jerry Davis, Ernest Haycox

Release date

25 Sept 1952

Runtime

1h 7m

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

English

Country

United States of America

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