Apache Territory [SEP] director
Apache Territory
Apache Territory is a 1958 Eastmancolor Western film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Ray Nazarro and produced by and starring Rory Calhoun. The story is based on the novel "Last Stand at Papago Wells" by Louis L'Amour.
It was Calhoun's last film before moving to television as "The Texan" on CBS. It was also the final film in the career of co-star Barbara Bates.
The film was shot on location at Red Rock Canyon, California.
Plot.
Drifter
The Deadly Companions", Sam Peckinpah's feature-film debut. Playing against stereotype as the strong, aggressive redhead, she plays a character who is vulnerable to rape and violence from men. The plot involves her traveling across Apache territory with an ex-Sergeant (Keith) to bury her young son to be buried next to his father in the desert. Malone considered her character in the film to be "radically underdeveloped". While O'Hara acknowledged that Peckinpah later "reached icon status as a great director of westerns"