Apache Territory

A great western actioner featuring cowards, heroes, damsels in distress and Native Americans.

A fast paced movie that uses its time well. All the action is used to build drama and tension into the story, The short running time is also an asset here as each frame and moment in the film have a sense of urgency. This is one of Calhoun's better efforts.

The sped up horse chase scenes are great fun along with 'We are running out of water'...'I made you a coffee'.

Load up your six guns and get ready to shoot!

Skilled Harmonica playing, Joshua Trees, outdoor scenery, great story line.

Rory Calhoun never really made it to "A" star status as a movie actor,but the roles he played in 'B' movies such as Apache Territory suited him well.A handsome and capable actor he made it bearable to watch movies such as this especially when you needed to while away a couple of hours and forget the troubles of the world.This is your basic story of a group of people in the desert surrounded by a horde of Apache indians intent on doing them harm. John Dehner and Leo Gordon -two extremely competent character actors- add to the allure of Apache Territory. The only failure I found was the addition of two goodlooking females to add romantic interest,when the filmmakers could have concentrated more on the interaction between the attacking Indians and the U.S. calvary. The movie tends to drag in the middle stages,due I think to the female cast members ,but finally builds to an entertaining climax. Overall a nice movie to watch when its raining outside and you don't want to mow the lawn.

It could have been from a director as Lesley Selander, who was, as Ray Nazzaro, a prolific western maker, and who also provided solid grade B - A westerns. This one is made by a professional, where action scenes and character despiction are solid but bring nothing new, nothing exceptional. It is taut but not gritty. But it is more than worth watching, Rory Calhoun produced it, as some other ones and the result is at the level of what any western buff can expect. Don't forget that's only a B picture, lacking a bit ambition in story telling; it's not TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN nor NO NAME ON THE BULLET.

Rory Calhoun stars as Logan Cates who ends up helping a band of motley crew - army soldiers, his ex-flame and her beau, a young girl kidnapped by the Apaches and deserted on the plains, a young guy, and a Pima Native - and it's a taut 70 mins of some tense moments of an impending attack and some good action. There's a Gila monster scene that is quite nail biting. It never laborious in getting to the point, and you get that message from the action-packed intro. The finale with the blasting powder in the storm is really good. Typical stranger helping a motley crew story with some stereotypical characters but it's entertaining. Read the book and that was a really good read.