Underplayed Gems

Ulzana's Raid (1972)

Ulzana's Raid poster
Directed by
Robert Aldrich
Genre
Western film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
R
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 163 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1880s Arizona, a band of Chiricahua Apaches stages a violent raid on settlers. A hardened army scout leads a posse, including a young, idealistic officer, on a grueling pursuit through the desert.

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What happens

Ulzana's Raid is a 1972 American revisionist Western film directed by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by Alan Sharp, and starring Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel and Joaquin Martinez. It portrays a brutal raid by Chiricahua Apaches against American settlers in 1880s Arizona. The film was released by Universal Pictures on October 27, 1972, and was well-received by critics. The bleak and nihilistic tone of U.S. troops chasing an elusive, merciless enemy has been seen as allegory to the United States' participation in the Vietnam War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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