Apache DVD

Apache
Apache was based on Paul I. Wellman's novel Broncho Apache, which in turn was inspired by a true story. Burt Lancaster plays Massai, a lieutenant of the great Apache warrior Geronimo (here depicted as an old man, played by Monte Blue). Though his tribe has signed surrender terms with the conquering whites, Massai refuses to do so. He escapes from a prison train and conducts a one-man war against the white intruders-and against some of his own people. Along the way, he claims Nalinle (Jean Peters), whom he previously regarded as a traitor to his cause, as his wife. John McIntire plays famed Indian scout Al Sieber, who-in this film, if not in real life-is sympathetic to the Indians' plight and Massai's single-purposed cause. The real-life counterpart to Massai was killed by Sieber's minions after agreeing to call off the hostilies; United Artists objected to this, forcing producer/star Burt Lancaster to shoot an unconvincingly happy ending. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Burt Lancaster as Massai Jean Peters as Nalinle John McIntire as Al Sieber Charles Buchinsky as Hondo John Dehner as Weddle Paul Guilfoyle as Santos Ian MacDonald as Glagg Walter Sande as Lt. Col. Beck Morris Ankrum as Dawson Monte Blue as Geronimo

Crew Nicolai Remisoff - Art Director Norma - Costume Designer Sid Sidman - First Assistant Director Robert Aldrich - Director Alan Crosland, Jr. - Editor David Raksin - Composer (Music Score) Harry Maret - Makeup Robert J. Schiffer - Makeup Ernest Laszlo - Cinematographer Jack R. Berne - Production Manager Harold Hecht - Producer Joseph Kish - Set Designer Lee Zavitz - Special Effects James R. Webb - Screenwriter Paul I. Wellman - Book Author

Apache
Another 1950s pro-Indian Western featuring Caucasian actors in brown body paint speaking pidgin "Native," Apache nevertheless manages to dispense more than the standard revisionist bromides. Showcasing his energetic style, director Robert Aldrich doesn't stint on the violence perpetrated by either the whites or by star Burt Lancaster's athletic blue-eyed brave Massai, while Massai's rough handling of Jean Peters' Nalinle makes him tough to admire. Nevertheless, Massai's trip from Florida to his ancestral lands early in the film concisely and potently sums up the ruinous spread of white "civilization" across indigenous tribal territory, turning him into a Machiavellian hero saved by the agrarian ideal and Nalinle's familiar instincts. As Aldrich figured, that salvation rings jarringly false, but the powers that be overruled the relatively inexperienced movie director's artistically sound yet commercially difficult instincts. Aldrich's first collaboration with producer/star Lancaster, Apache was also the director's first hit and the beginning of Lancaster's fruitful run as a Western action hero. According to historical accounts, the actual Massai's eyes really were a Lancasterian azure. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: French, Spanish, English Sound Processing: 1: PCM mono Additional Features: Original theatrical trailer English: mono French: mono Spanish: mono French and Spanish subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 87 min Part of Series: Western Legends   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Scene Selections 1. Credits/ Surrender [4:55] 2. "Real Bronco Apache" [2:34] 3. Picture Perfect Escape [3:11] 4. A Fish Out Of Water [5:26] 5. "Enemy Of No Man" [6:15] 6. A Warrior Returns [7:03] 7. Betrayed By Santos [5:31] 8. One-Man Rampage [7:07] 9. Brave Hostage [8:11] 10. Bound By Love [:21] 11. "A Little Massai" [7:57] 12. "Dreams Are For Fools" [5:15] 13. "It's A Sign!" [2:50] 14. Planting A Future [3:44] 15. "They've Found Us!" [5:15] 16. Defiant To The End [5:06]