Ulzana's Raid (1972)

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  • ULZANA'S RAID


    DIRECTED BY ROBERT ALDRICH
    THE ASSOCIATES & ALDRICH COMPANY
    UNIVERSAL PICTURES



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Report reaches the US 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 naiveté and hidden prejudice.
    Written by David Levene


    Full Cast
    Burt Lancaster ... McIntosh
    Bruce Davison ... Lt. Garnett DeBuin
    Jorge Luke ... Ke-Ni-Tay
    Richard Jaeckel ... Sergeant
    Joaquín Martínez ... Ulzana (as Joaquin Martinez)
    Lloyd Bochner ... Captain Gates
    Karl Swenson ... Rukeyser
    Douglass Watson ... Maj. Cartwright
    Dran Hamilton ... Mrs. Riordan
    John Pearce ... Corporal
    Gladys Holland ... Mrs. Rukeyser
    Margaret Fairchild ... Mrs.Ginsford
    Aimee Eccles ... McIntosh's Indian Woman (as Aimee Ecclés)
    Richard Bull ... Ginsford
    Otto Reichow ... Steegmeyer
    Dean Smith ... Horowitz
    Larry Randles ... Mulkearn
    Hal Maguire ... Trooper
    Ted Markland ... Trooper
    R.L. Armstrong ... Trooper
    John McKee ... Trooper
    Tony Epper ... Trooper
    Nick Cravat ... Trooper
    William H. Burton Jr. ... Trooper (as Bill Burton)
    Fred Brookfield ... Trooper
    Jerry Gatlin ... Trooper
    Walter Scott ... Trooper
    Richard Farnsworth ... Trooper
    Henry Camargo ... Indian Brave
    Larry Colelay ... Indian Brave
    Gil Escandon ... Indian Brave
    Marvin Fragua ... Indian Brave
    Frank Gonzales ... Indian Brave
    Benny Thompson ... Indian Brave
    George Aguilar ... Indian Brave
    Wallace Sinyella ... Indian Brave
    Hal Baylor ... Curtis (uncredited)
    Leslie Ann Flanagan ... Ginsford Girl (uncredited)
    Mary Carla Flanagan ... Ginsford Girl (uncredited)
    Steve T. Leonard ... Ginsford Boy (uncredited)
    Ross Loney ... Rider (uncredited)


    Produced
    Carter DeHaven ... producer (as Carter De Haven)
    Alan Sharp ... associate producer
    Harold Hecht ... producer (uncredited)
    Burt Lancaster ... producer (uncredited)


    Music
    Frank De Vol ... (as Frank DeVol)


    Cinematography
    Joseph F. Biroc ... director of photography (as Joseph Biroc)


    Writing Credits
    Alan Sharp ... (written by)


    Trivia
    Robert Aldrich privately admitted that he wasn't
    entirely satisfied with the way the film turned out.


    Although technically not credited as such, Burt Lancaster was virtually
    a producer on the film, helping bring it to screen, taking a percentage
    instead of an upfront salary and having a say in the editing stages.


    The UK DVD release has been re-edited to remove all instances of horses being trip-wired.
    According to the British Board of Film Classification, such a tactic contravenes
    the 1937 Cinematograph Act (following the carnage of the flying W
    in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)),
    which forbids the ill treatment of any animal in the making of a film
    (although some stuntmen claim that the method can be performed without harming any horses).


    Filmed for $1.2 million in only seven weeks, a good three to four weeks
    less than most of Robert Aldrich's movies.


    Goof
    Continuity
    When the platoon sets out from the fort, Macintosh's Indian girlfriend
    is watching them depart, with her face half-hidden by the shawl
    she is holding tightly under her nose.
    The next shot cuts straight to a close up of her face, but her hands are not in view
    and more of her face is hidden by the shawl.


    Filming Locations
    Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA
    Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Nogales, Arizona, USA
    Valley of Fire State Park - Route 169, Overton, Nevada, USA
    Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
    Ruby, Arizona, USA
    Sonoita, Arizona, USA
    Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Whetstone Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Harshaw, Arizona, USA
    Fort Crittenden, Sonoita, Arizona, USA
    Pajarito Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Atascosa Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Rio Rico, Arizona, USA
    Babocomari River, Arizona, USA
    Pantano, Arizona, USA
    Empire Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Hereford, Arizona, USA
    Baboquivari Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Duquesne, Arizona, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Ulzana's Raid is a 1972 revisionist Western starring Burt Lancaster,
    Richard Jaeckel, Bruce Davison and Joaquin Martinez.


    The film, which was filmed on location in Arizona,
    was directed by Robert Aldrich, based on a script by Alan Sharp.
    Emanuel Levy summarizes the film, "Ulzana's Raid,
    one of the best Westerns of the 1970s,
    is also one of the most underestimated pictures
    of vet director Robert Aldrich, better known for his sci-fi
    and horror flicks, such as Kiss Me Deadly and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane."


    Set in 1880s Arizona, it portrays a brutal raid by Chiricahua Apaches against European settlers.
    The bleak and nihilistic tone showing U.S. troops chasing an elusive
    but murderous enemy has been seen as allegorical to the United States
    participation in the Vietnam War.



    User Review


    A nearly perfect western you shouldn't miss
    29 August 2001 | by roegrocks (China)


    Upon the first viewing this has become one of my favorite, if not my very favorite, western of all time. Not for the squeamish due to extreme violence to both people and animals.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England