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