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Genre
  
Western

Director
  
Harold F. Kress

Screenplay
  
Jerry Davis

Country
  
United States

5.6/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Running time
  
1h 7m

Story by
  
Ernest Haycox

Language
  
English

Apache War Smoke movie poster

Release date
  
1952

Writer
  
Ernest Haycox (story), Jerry Davis

Cast
  
Gilbert Roland
(Peso Herrera),
Glenda Farrell
(Fanny Webson),
Robert Horton
(Tom Herrera),
Barbara Ruick
(Nancy Dekker),
Gene Lockhart
(Cyril R. Snowden),
Harry Morgan
(Ed Cotten)

Similar movies
  
Apache Trail (1942), Day of the Evil Gun (1968), Apache Woman (1955), Cry Blood - Apache (1970), Apache (1954)

Apache War Smoke is a 1952 American Western film starring Gilbert Roland, Glenda Farrell, and Robert Horton. The film was directed by Harold F. Kress and is based on the short story "Stage Station" by Ernest Haycox. It was released by MGM on September 25, 1952. An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach station with the tribe in hot pursuit.

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Plot

Tom Herrera (Robert Horton) the head of a stagecoach station in New Mexico prepares to defend against an attack by an Apache party, seeking revenge for the killing of several Indians by an outlaw. When a stagecoach arrives at the station with passengers Nancy Dekker (Barbara Ruick) Cyril R. Snowden (Gene Lockhart) Lorraine Sayburn and Fanny Webson (Glenda Farrell) they are stranded at the station with Tom and his outlaw father Peso Herrera (Gilbert Roland). Peso is the most wanted outlaw in the country and is after the gold contained in the casket of the stagecoach. Tom knowing about his father's intention takes his guns away as a precaution. As the Apaches begin their attack, suspicion is immediately cast on Peso as the reason for the Apaches attack. Tom and Fanny defend Peso when others in the station suggest Peso be turned over to the Indians to end the conflict quickly. Tom eventually wins the argument and Peso stays in the station.

However, with the help of Fanny, who gives her guns to Peso, he holds up Tom and the others and demands that they hand over the gold. Tom shoots the gun out of his father's hand. Despite the robbery attempt Tom continues to believe that his father is not responsible for the Indians attack. A fierce battle begins with the Indians and those trapped inside the station. During the fighting, a Indians emissary tries to negotiate the surrender of the murderer, but Tom again refuses to turn his father over and the fighting resumes. During the battle, Peso knocks out Pike Curtis (Myron Healey) who Peso knows is the killer and turns him over to the Indians. With all doubt about his father removed Tom joins Fanny on her journey to San Francisco. Later, Nancy informs Tom that the gold is not as safe as he thinks because the young boy assigned to guard the gold is actually another one of Peso's sons.

Cast

  • Gilbert Roland as Peso Herrera
  • Glenda Farrell as Fanny Webson
  • Robert Horton as Tom Herrera
  • Barbara Ruick as Nancy Dekker
  • Gene Lockhart as Cyril R. Snowden
  • Harry Morgan as Ed Cotten
  • Patricia Tiernan as Lorraine Sayburn
  • Hank Worden as Amber
  • Myron Healey as Pike Curtis

    • Production

    Some of the scenes from the 1942 MGM film Apache Trail which was also based on the Ernest Haycox's short story was used in this movie. Many of the film's exteriors were shot on location in Soledad Canyon near Monterey, California.

    Box office

    According to MGM records the movie earned $577,000 in the US and Canada and $220,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $121,000.

    References

    Apache War Smoke Wikipedia
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