Directed by:
Robert AldrichScreenplay:
Alan SharpCinematography:
Joseph F. BirocComposer:
Frank De VolCast:
Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Jorge Luke, Richard Jaeckel, Joaquín Martínez, Lloyd Bochner, Douglass Watson, Richard Bull, Ted Markland, R.L. Armstrong (more)Plots(1)
When the U.S. cavalry learns that Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with some followers, Lieutenant DeBuin is assigned the task of bringing him back. The young DeBuin feels compassion for Ulzana when he and his small company set out, accompanied by an experienced scout named McIntosh. But as they encounter the victims of Ulzana's attacks across the country, DeBuin realizes how naive he has been and learns from the older, wiser McIntosh. (official distributor synopsis)
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I have written before that Westerns do not appeal to me as a genre because they consist of "sweaty romance" and plenty of awkward genre clichés. Ulzana's Raid suffers from none of that, as you would search in vain for the usual naivety and the division of roles into noble Indians as victims and white men as ruthless aggressors. It is not so much a Western as it is an adventure drama that is of its time period and is shot in a realistic manner. It demonizes neither side of the conflict and objectively describes cultural differences and the resulting conflicts. If the genre was like this on average, I wouldn't have any problems with it. Overall impression: 75%.
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