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{{short description|1958 film by Ray Nazarro}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Apache Territory

| image = Aterrpos.jpg

| caption = Original [[filmFilm poster]]

| director = [[Ray Nazarro]]

| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Rory Calhoun]]<br>
* [[Victor Orsatti|Victor M. Orsatti]]

}}

| writer = [[George W. George]] (screenplay)<br>[[Charles R. Marion]] (screenplay)<br>[[Frank L. Moss]] (adaptation)

| screenplay = {{Plainlist|

| source = [[Last Stand at Papago Wells]] by [[Louis L'Amour]]

* Charles R. Marion

| starring = [[Rory Calhoun]]<br>[[Barbara Bates]]

* [[George W. George]]

| cinematography = [[Irving Lippman]]

}}

{{Infobox|decat=yes|child=yes|label1=Adaptation by|data1=Frank Moss}}

| sourcebased_on = {{based = [[on|''Last Stand at Papago Wells]] by ''|[[Louis L'Amour]]}}

| starring = [[Rory Calhoun]]<br>[[Barbara Bates]]

| cinematography = [[Irving Lippman]]

| editing = [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]

| color_process = [[Eastmancolor]]

| studio = [[Rorvic Productions]]

| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]

| released = {{Film date|1958|9|1|}}

| runtime = 7271 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

'''''Apache Territory''''' is a 1958 American [[Western (genre)|Western]] film released by [[Columbia Pictures]], directed by [[Ray Nazarro]] and produced by and starring [[Rory Calhoun]]. It was released by [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/apacheterritory|title=APACHE TERRITORY {{!}} Sony Pictures Entertainment|website=www.sonypictures.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nln3z|title=BBC Two - Apache Territory|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> The story is based on the 1957 novel ''Last Stand at Papago Wells'' by [[Louis L'Amour]].

ItShot on ___location at [[Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)|Red Rock Canyon]] in California, this production was Calhoun's last film before moving to television as ''[[The Texan (TV series)|The Texan]]'' on [[CBS]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/515211|title=Apache Territory (1958)|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> It was also the final film in the career of co-star [[Barbara Bates]].

The film was shot on ___location at [[Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)|Red Rock Canyon]], California.

==Plot==

[[Drifter (person)|Drifter]] Logan Cates ([[Rory Calhoun]]) spies the desert at a watering hole when he sees [[Apache]] Indians about to attack three cowboys. He fires a warning shotshots into the air, allowing the cowboys to flee. Sometime later, Cates encounters a young woman whose parents have been tortured and murdered by [[Apache]] Indians.

Sensing the presence of Apaches, Logan brings the girl to a small [[box canyon]] that is not only defensible but has a supply of water. He meets up with 19-year-old Lonnie Foreman, who was the only survivor of the group that Cates warned before. The ___location attracts a variety of people escaping the Apaches including a small band of cavalrymen, Logan's former girlfriend, Jennifer Fair, and her fiancee, Grant Kimbrough. On the first night in the canyon, a [[Pima people|Pima]] Indian named Lugo sneaks in looking for water. Though he is wanted for murder by the United States for killing an officer who wanted Lugo's gold, Cates allows him to stay due to his hatred towards the Apache. Lonnie and Junie Hatchett, the girl who Cates rescued earlier, quickly grow attached to one another.

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They are besieged by Apache, where Logan the loner gradually discovers that he can not escape the responsibility of leadership of the group through his knowledge of Indian fighting and the local territory as well as his ability to knock sense into their heads when they engage in unhelpful behaviour. The numbers of the cavalrymen slowly dwindle, with initial attacks killing off one soldier as well as the sergeant. One of the cavalrymen, Zimmerman, hatches a plan to escape with Kimbrough, though Jennifer doesn't agree with the plan. Zimmerman is killed when he steals Lugo's gold and runs into the desert, where he is quickly shot. Lugo, however, hid his gold supply and Zimmerman only stole rocks.

As their food supplies dwindle, Cates risks his life by invading the Apache camp for food. Shortly thereafter, their water supplies begin to dwindle as well. Cates motions to ration off the water. More Apache attacks cause the deaths of more cavalrymen, until only Webb and Conley are left. A fellow officer's death leaves Webb enraged, and he runs blindly into the Apache nestcamp, where he is wounded and taken. That night, the sound of his tortured cries torments the survivors. Cates leaves and it is implied that he ends the horror by shooting Webb.

As the wind picks up, Cates to put a plan into action: under the cover of a sandstorm, they will fill empty water bottles with black powder and small stones to make [[grenade]]s and scatter the Apache across the desert. As they prepare to leave, Kimbrough disagrees with Cates' plan to leave Lugo with the women, and though he journeys out with the other men, he quickly returns so he can flee. Jennifer realizes Kimbrough is nothing but a coward and breaks off their engagement. Kimbrough tries to leave but is stopped by Lugo. Kimbrough attempts to draw his gun but Lugo shoots him dead.

Elsewhere, Cates, Conley and Lonnie find the Apache horde. Cates and Lonnie light and throw their grenades successfully, but Conley simply runs into the Apache nestcamp likeand adetonates suicidehis bombergrenade at point blank range. The two return to the Box Canyon, where Jennifer reveals the fate of Kimbrough. After the storm passes, Lugo reveals he hid his gold in Cates' saddlebags, and gives a share of his gold to Lonnie so he and Junie can move to California. Lugo, Lonnie and Junie leave, with only Cates and Jennifer remaining. Jennifer leaves, with Cates catching up to her and the two riding off into the distance.

==Cast==

* [[Rory Calhoun]] -as Logan Cates

* [[Barbara Bates]] -as Jennifer Fair

* [[John Dehner]] -as Grant Kimbrough

* [[Carolyn Craig]] -as Junie Hatchett

* [[Tom Pittman (actor)|Tom Pittman]] -as Lonnie Foreman (as Thomas Pittman)

* [[Leo Gordon]] -as Zimmerman

* [[Myron Healey]] -as Webb

* [[Francis De Sales (actor)|Francis De Sales]] -as Sgt. Sheehan (ad Francis DeSales)

* [[Frank DeKova]] -as Lugo (as Frank deKova)

* [[Regis Parton]] -as Conley (as Reg Parton)

* [[Fred Krone]] - Styles

<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nln3z|title=BBC Two - Apache Territory|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>

* [[Bob Woodward (actor)|Bob Woodward]] - Graves

==Other==

Seven years prior to this film, Calhoun and Bates portrayed a young couple desperately in love in ''[[I'd Climb the Highest Mountain]]'' (1951), and Bates played a character named Jenny.

==References==

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==External links==

* {{IMDb title|0051369|Apache Territory}}

* [https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=MovieName&searchText=apache+territory&sortType=sortBytitle# Apache Territory] on [[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]

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