1954 · western · drama
Apache
Directed by Robert Aldrich1h 27m1954
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.
Our read: Apache (1954) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded western · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured western / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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