The Battle at Apache Pass
The Fighting Story Of The Great Cochise!
Directed by George Sherman
Produced by Universal International Pictures
A mid-century Western that frames Apache-settler conflict through the lens of individual moral integrity undermined by political corruption and misunderstanding.
Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically ambitious Indian agent Neil Baylor who sets up a false attack, and the abduction of a local farmer's son. While Colton is away investigating the matter, Baylor convinces Lieutenant Bascom that Cochise's band is to blame, and incites him to lead an expedition against the Apache band to return the boy.
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