Apache Rifles

20th Century Fox and Kit Parker Films presents "APACHE RIFLES" (26 November 1964) (92 mins/Color) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- The army commander of an Arizona outpost, Capt. Jeff Stanton (Audie Murphy) despises all Indians until he falls in love with a beautiful missionary girl, Dawn Gillis (Linda Dawson) --- Murphy must change his ways because one of her parents is an Native American --- Murphy's attempts to reform, are unfortunately nearly crushed by greedy gold-seekers, one of them is L.Q. Jones (favorite character actor of mine) is trying to start a war with the local Apaches.

VCI gives us a clean & clear copy with many bonus and extras in this special release --- Another excellent collaboration between Murphy and the great action director William Witney --- A treat for Murphy fans!

Under the production staff of:
William Witney [Director]
Charles B. Smith [Screenwriter]
Grant Whytock [Producer]
Richard LaSalle [Original Score]
Archie R. Dalzell [Cinematographer]
Grant Whytock [Film Editor]

BIOS:
1. William Witney [Director]
Date of Birth: 15 May 1915 - Lawton, Oklahoma
Date of Death: 17 March 2002 - Jackson, California

2. Audie Murphy
Date of Birth: 20 June 1924 - Kingston, Texas
Date of Death: 28 May 1971 - near Roanoke, Virginia (plane crash)

3. Michael Dante [aka: Ralph Vitti]
Date of Birth: 2 September 1931 - Stamford, Connecticut
Date of Death: Still Living

4. Linda Lawson [aka: Linda Gloria Spaziani]
Date of Birth: 14 January 1936 - Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date of Death: Still Living

5. L.Q. Jones [aka: Justice Ellis McQueen Jr.]
Date of Birth: 19 August 1927 - Beaumont, Texas
Date of Death: Still Living

the cast includes:
Audie Murphy ... Capt. Jeff Stanton
Michael Dante ... Red Hawk
Linda Lawson ... Dawn Gillis
L.Q. Jones ... Mike Greer
Ken Lynch ... Hodges
Joseph Vitale ... Victorio
Robert Brubaker ... Sgt. Cobb
Eugene Iglesias ... Cpl. Ramirez
Pat O'Malley ... Capt. Thatcher
John Archer ... Col. Perry
Charles Watts ... Crawford Owens
Howard Wright ... Thompson
Peter Hansen ... Capt. Green
Robert Karnes ... Sheriff
Hugh Sanders ... Arizona delegate
Sydney Smith ... General of the Army
S. John Launer ... Gen. Nelson
Robert Williams ... Miller

SPECIAL FEATURES [BONUS]:
1. Trailers of the following VCI releases:
Hellgate [1952] ~ Sterling Hayden, James Arness, Joan Leslie & Ward Bond
Stranger on Horseback [1955] ~ Joel McCrea & John McIntire
Little Big Horn [1951] ~ Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland & Marie Windsor
Tall Texan [1953] ~ Lloyd Bridges, Marie Windsor & Lee J. Cobb
2. "Apache Rifles" Still Gallery
3. "Museum of Lone Pine Film History: A Retrospective" - A discussion with historian Chris Langley regarding the museums history
4. "Cut to the Chase: Remembering William Witney" - A documentary excerpt featuring actor Michael Dante
5. "Please, Hold the Spaghetti":: Apache Rifles and the End of the Conventional Western - An all-new documentary featuring EXCLUSIVE interviews with actor Michael Dante, western film historian/screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner and Lone Pine Museum historian Chris Langley.

Great performances by a perfectly selected cast make this a must watch for classic western fans --- The action moves briskly, leading to a final scene between Murphy & Michael Dante that is a surprise to say the least --- The dialogue and much of the action are standard fare --- However, the plot gets a boost in an interesting way, check out the interaction between Murphy and the Linda Lawson and how it plays out --- Plus a nasty act of betrayal with L.Q. Jones in the middle --- Highly recommend "Apache Rifles" for die-hard fans of the Western genre --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 92 min on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment ~ (08/31/2010)

I'm a fan of the old fashioned Western movies of the 1950's- 1970's era and Apache Rifles is no exception. Audie Murphy stars as a Calvary Captain sent out to deal with a Apache Indian rebellion. The transfer is pretty good considering a 1964 movie but there are a few spots in the movie where the transfer suffers, but only briefly. If you're a fan of old fashioned Calvary versus Indians movie's like I am then you should add this one to your collection. Movie studios should release more of these old movies as there are plenty that haven't been released to DVD yet.

There are inferior dvds on the market of Apache Rifles...the above release is excellent and is remastered..The picture and sound I cannot fault..All Audie Murphy movies should be remastered like this one.....This is the best quality movie I have seen of Audie Murphy....

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