Ulzana's Raid( 1972)

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One man alone understood the savagery of the early American west from both sides.

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A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is McIntosh, an experienced scout, and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache guide. Ulzana massacres, rapes and loots across the countryside; and as DeBuin encounters the remains of his victims, he is compelled to learn from McIntosh and to confront his own naivity and hidden prejudices.

Top Billed Cast

Burt Lancaster
McIntosh
Bruce Davison
Lt. Garnett DeBuin
Jorge Luke
Ke-Ni-Tay
Richard Jaeckel
Sergeant
Joaquín Martínez
Ulzana
Lloyd Bochner
Captain Gates
Karl Swenson
Rukeyser
Douglass Watson
Maj. Cartwright
Dran Hamilton
Mrs. Riordan
John Pearce
Corporal
Gladys Holland
Mrs. Rukeyser
Margaret Fairchild
Mrs. Ginsford
Aimée Eccles
McIntosh's Indian Woman
Richard Bull
Ginsford
Otto Reichow
Steegmeyer
Dean Smith
Horowitz
Larry Randles
Mulkearn
Hal Maguire
Trooper
Ted Markland
Trooper
R. L. Armstrong
Trooper
John McKee
Trooper
Tony Epper
Trooper
Nick Cravat
Trooper
Fred Brookfield
Trooper
Jerry Gatlin
Trooper
Walter Scott
Trooper
William H. Burton Jr.
Trooper
Richard Farnsworth
Trooper
Henry Camargo
Indian Brave
Larry Colelay
Indian Brave
Gil Escandon
Indian Brave
Marvin Fragua
Indian Brave
Frank Gonzales
Indian Brave
Benny Thompson
Indian Brave
George Aguilar
Indian Brave
Wallace Sinyella
Indian Brave
Hal Baylor
Curtis (uncredited)
Steve DeFrance
Trooper (uncredited)
Ross Loney
Rider (uncredited)
Neil Summers
Trooper (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Feb 16 2020

Maybe you don't want to think of the white man being savage like the Apache? Apache renegade Ulzana goes on a murder raid, hot on his trail is a posse of cavalrymen. Led by the young and inexperienced Lt. Garnett DeBuin, the cavalrymen in order to survive and defeat Ulzana, must rely on the help of tough old scout McIntosh and his trusty Indian friend, Ke-Ni-Tay. Directed masterfully by Robert Aldrich ("The Dirty Dozen" & "The Longest Yard"), Ulzana's Raid is just shy of being an uncompromising masterpiece. There is no pandering to political correctness here, this is showing the bitter ho...