Apache Uprising is a 1965 American Technicolor Western Techniscope film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Max Lamb and Harry Sanford. The film stars Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., Gene Evans, Richard Arlen and Robert H. Harris. The film was released on December 29, 1965, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]
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Directed by | R. G. Springsteen |
Screenplay by | Max Lamb Harry Sanford |
Based on | Way Station 1961 novel by Harry Sanford Max Steeber |
Produced by | A. C. Lyles |
Starring | Rory Calhoun Corinne Calvet John Russell Lon Chaney Jr. Gene Evans Richard Arlen Robert H. Harris |
Cinematography | W. Wallace Kelley |
Edited by | John F. Schreyer |
Music by | Jimmie Haskell |
Production company | A.C. Lyles Productions |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film takes place in Arizona circa 1880s and deals with the stage coach lines trying to run from Texas through Arizona over to Phoenix and points west. The stage coach and passengers are attacked by renegade Apaches. These stage coach hands, passengers, and various AZ outlaws, all of whom are travelling through Indian country, are forced to join forces against the Apaches in order to save their lives and scalps.