Ulzana's Raid
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In Theaters : 18 October, 1972
Video Release : 01 March, 1992 |
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An examination of Christian morality in the Old West
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The accomplished Burt Lancaster plays gruff and experienced Army scout McIntosh in the visually stunning "Ulzana's Raid", filmed on location in Arizona and Nevada. Lancaster is accompanying, pivotal character in the movie Lt. DeBuin played by a youthful Bruce Davison. Davison, a green, naive newly commissioned junior officer is leading a troop of cavalry soldiers in search of Apache chief Ulzana.
Ulzana and a band of renegade braves have broken out of the reservation and are marauding through the countryside in the Arizona territories, cutting a swath of destruction in their wake. Ulzana and his war party are burning, raping and pillaging homesteaders as they made their way towards the Mexican border.
Davison aided by Lancaster has been ordered to either kill the merciless Ulzana or capture him and return him to the reservation.
The film serves as a coming of age for Davison, the son of a Christian minister. The brutal devastation left behind by the Apaches force Davison to question his Christian idealogy, as his hate for his foes mounts. He begins to appreciate Lancaster's respectful posture in his dealing with the dreaded Apaches.
Director Robert Aldrich adds a healthy dose of violence in his film, a useful tool to create conflict in the immature mind of Davison. Cinematographer Joseph Biroc effectively captured the desolate expanse of the Southwest with some dazzling panoramic vistas. |
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