''Black Eagle of Santa Fe'' (german: Die Schwarzen Adler von Santa Fe) is a 1965

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and

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directed by

Alberto Cardone Alberto Cardone (1920–1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, second unit director and film editor of the 1960s. Cardone is best known for his Spaghetti Western films of the 1960s. He is best known for directing the films ''Seven ...

and

Ernst Hofbauer Ernst Hofbauer (22 August 1925 – 24 February 1984) was an Austrian film director. Biography Hofbauer was born on 22 August 1925 in Vienna, Austria. He began his career as an assistant director in 1950 with ''Der keusche Adam''. His first film a ...

Story

Ranch workers disguised as soldiers murder Indians in order to stir up trouble with the whites so the rancher can claim their land.

Plot

Landowner Morton wants to expand his property because he knows about oil deposits under the Indian territory. Settlers also come to the area, as a peace treaty with the

Comanches The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ ( com, Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in La ...

provides security. Disguised as soldiers, Morton has his men attack the Indians. Black Eagle, the chief of the Comanche, then digs up the hatchet. After a bloody raid, the village's surviving settlers seek shelter in the nearby fort of Captain Jackson and his men. Due to the peace treaty, however, the fort is undermanned and Jackson is unable to act. He hires trapper Clint McPherson to investigate the cause of the Indian uprising, uncovering Morton's deceitful plan, which he tells Black Eagle. He and the Indians arrive at the fort just in time to assist the soldiers and settlers against the attack by Morton's men.

Production

Jack Lewis recalled that

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asked him to write a draft of a script based on a magazine story called ''Fort Disaster'' adding Indians, cavalry and

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and

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. When Ormond passed on the screenplay, Lewis retitled his screenplay ''Massacre Mountain'' and gave it to his agent Ilse Lahn Waitzerkorn who several years later leased his script to

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. The Germans used the screenplay to bring back Tony Kendall as Black Eagle from ''

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'' with his frequent film partner Brad Harris. Joining Harris was his future wife

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who appeared with Harris in ''

Massacre at Marble City ''Massacre at Marble City'' (german: Die Goldsucher von Arkansas, french: Les chercheurs d'or de l'Arkansas, it, Alla conquista dell'Arkansas, released in U.K. as ''Conquerors of Arkansas'') is a 1964 German-French-Italian western film directed ...

''.

Cast

Brad Harris Bradford Harris (July 16, 1933 – November 7, 2017) was an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. He was an inductee in the Stuntman's Hall of Fame ...

as Cliff/Clint McPhearson *

Horst Frank Horst Frank (28 May 1929 – 25 May 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1955 and 1999. He was born in Lübeck, Germany and died in Heidelberg, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Der Stern von Afrika'' (19 ...

as Blade Carpenter * Tony Kendall as Chief Black Eagle *

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as Gentleman * Joachim Hansen as Captain Jackson *

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as Morton *

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(as Thomas Moore) as Tom Howard/Slim James *

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as Cora Morton *

Joseph Egger Joseph Egger, also known as Josef Egger, (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965. Biography The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career at the Leoben theatre. Duri ...

as Buddy *

Serge Marquand Serge Marquand was a French actor and film producer (12 March 1930 – 4 September 2004). He died of advanced leukemia. He was the brother of Nadine Trintignant and Christian Marquand. Filmography *1959: '' Les Liaisons dangereuses'' ...

as Brad Howard/Chet 'Blacky'James *

as Lana Miller *

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(as Jackie Bezard) as Pasqual * Ángel Ortiz as Sergeant * Annie Giss as Madam *

Lorenzo Robledo Lorenzo Robledo (3 July 1918 – September 2006) was a Spanish film actor, who made over 85 appearances in film between 1956 and 1982. He is a familiar face in Italian westerns, having appeared in a total of 32 Spaghetti Western films throughout ...

as courier

Reception

Black Eagle of Santa Fe is considered a contemporary homage to the

Karl May film adaptations Karl May film adaptations are films based on stories and characters by German author Karl May (1842–1912). The characters Old Shatterhand, Winnetou, and Kara Ben Nemsi are very famous in Central Europe. In most of the film versions the novels we ...

References

External links

* 1965 films West German films 1960s German-language films German Western (genre) films Italian Western (genre) films 1965 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Alberto Cardone Constantin Film films Films directed by Ernst Hofbauer 1960s Italian films 1960s German films {{1960s-Western-film-stub