Western

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.

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

Credits

Burt LancasterMcIntosh

Bruce DavisonLt. Garnett DeBuin

Jorge LukeKe-Ni-Tay

Richard JaeckelSergeant

Joaquín MartínezUlzana