Conquest of Cochise

1953
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1h 10m

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John Hodiak, Joy Page, and Robert Stack in Conquest of Cochise (1953)

A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.

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John Hodiak

Cochise

Robert Stack

Maj. Tom Burke

Joy Page

Consuelo de Cordova

Rico Alaniz

Felipe

Fortunio Bonanova

Mexican Minister

Edward Colmans

Don Francisco de Cordova

Alex Montoya

Jose Garcia

Steven Ritch

Tukiwah

Carol Thurston

Terua

Rodd Redwing

Red Knife

Robert Griffin

Sam Maddock
(as Robert E. Griffin)

Poppy del Vando

Señora de Cordova

Victor Adamson

Townsman
(uncredited)

Chris Willow Bird

Apache Brave
(uncredited)

Buck Bucko

Townsman
(uncredited)

Bill Coontz

Trooper
(uncredited)

John Crawford

Capt. Bill Lawson
(uncredited)

Art Felix

Comanche Brave
(uncredited)

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5/10

A routine western with a few good moments

I saw this movie when it was new, back in 1953, and the only thing I remembered about it was the final reel in which Cochise (John Hodiak) is sentenced to suffer three tortures: (1) scalded by hot steam, (2) sliced with knife blades, and (3) burned by fire. Many years later I saw the movie again and, what do you know?, the only thing worth remembering about it is that final reel. Robert Stack makes a serviceable, though undistinguished, hero, and the color photography has that "brightness" so common in early 1950's movies.

dinky-4
Apr 15, 1999
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Trivia
Producer Sam Katzman refused to shave the Indians heads, because it would take a too long time for hair to grow again for other films. So he decided that the actors would wear swimming caps. But Columbia mogul Harry Cohn was very angry because of this trick and asked why Indians fighters wore bathing caps.

Goofs
The film states that there were 40,000 Apache warriors at war in Arizona, when in fact there were never anywhere near 40,000 Apaches in the entire state and never more than several hundred fighting the white settlers and the US Army at any one time.

Quotes
Red Knife, Comanche Chief: [to Cochise] You will suffer three deaths... The first death will be the Death of the Boiling Spring... The second death will be the Death of Knives... The last death will be the Death of Fire.