The Battle at Apache Pass
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| Directed by | George Sherman |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
| Written by | Gerald Drayson Adams |
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John Lund Jeff Chandler |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Cinematography | Charles P. Boyle |
| Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
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Universal Pictures
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $681,000 |
| Box office | $2 million (US rentals) |
The Battle at Apache Pass is an American western film produced in June–July 1951 by Universal-International which premiered it in Chicago at the end of March 1952 and put it into wide release in April. The stars are John Lund as United States Army Maj. Colton and Jeff Chandler repeating the role of Apache chief Cochise, whom he played two years earlier in 20th Century Fox's Broken Arrow.Jay Silverheels also reprised his role of Geronimo from the same film.
The film was rated as the #1 moneymaker in Variety magazine's list of box-office pictures, when it came out in April 1952. The film is a highly fictionalized account combining the events of "The Bascom Affair" of 1861 and the "Battle of Apache Pass" of 1862, the first time that the Indians meet modern (for the age) artillery.
In 1862, as the Civil War rages in the Southeastern states, the Southwest is far away from the battle lines, but in New Mexico Territory, good relations between Fort Buchanan's commanding officer, Maj. Colton (John Lund), and Chiricahua Apache chief Cochise (Jeff Chandler) are threatened by the arrival of venal government agent Baylor (Bruce Cowling) and his equally dishonest scout Mescal Jack (Jack Elam).
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