Another variation of the "Stagecoach" theme, this is another Rory Calhoun western with Apache in the title. However, the Apaches only play a small parts in this film that has the revelation not so surprising that the real villains are other white men, members of a wagon train led by Rory Calhoun and containing an alleged prostitute (Corinne Calvet) whom the good ladies of the town that they came from have demanded be told to leave. You've got a corrupt sheriff in that town (Johnny Mack Brown) and two white men involved in a crime involving stolen gold.
We know right away that future "Star Trek" doctor DeForest Kelley is one of the villains, but who is he reporting to? The wagon train undergoes unattacked by Apaches, ends up at a rest stop where all comes out, and romance begins to grow between Calhoun and Calvet.
When the Apaches find Calhoun and Calvet while searching for a wounded Apache the wagon train picked up, you get a rare opportunity to see their honor as they have a standoff with the villains, men who harassed Calvet while on the wagon train.
John Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., Richard Arlen, Arthur Hunnicutt, George Chandler and Jean Parker are among the many veteran actors who appear in this colorful but secondary A. C. Lyles western, passable but convoluted. Everything going on in the first three quarters seemed like a messy puzzle until the script writer decided that it was time to wrap things up neatly. Fine for a one-time viewing, but glad to have it off my list.
We know right away that future "Star Trek" doctor DeForest Kelley is one of the villains, but who is he reporting to? The wagon train undergoes unattacked by Apaches, ends up at a rest stop where all comes out, and romance begins to grow between Calhoun and Calvet.
When the Apaches find Calhoun and Calvet while searching for a wounded Apache the wagon train picked up, you get a rare opportunity to see their honor as they have a standoff with the villains, men who harassed Calvet while on the wagon train.
John Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., Richard Arlen, Arthur Hunnicutt, George Chandler and Jean Parker are among the many veteran actors who appear in this colorful but secondary A. C. Lyles western, passable but convoluted. Everything going on in the first three quarters seemed like a messy puzzle until the script writer decided that it was time to wrap things up neatly. Fine for a one-time viewing, but glad to have it off my list.