''I Killed Geronimo'' is a 1950 American

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film about the Chiricahua Apache leader

Geronimo Geronimo ( apm, Goyaałé, , ; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache ba ...

. Directed by John Hoffman and starring

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, Virginia Herrick, and

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in the role of Geronimo, the film has been described as a "silly but likeable"

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. It is based around the fictional murder of Geronimo - who in reality died of pneumonia at the age of 80 after a fall from his horse in February 1909, while still a prisoner of the

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at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.Death of Geronimo, History Today
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Plot

Cast

as Capt. Jeff Packard *

Virginia Herrick Virginia Herrick (June 13, 1916 – January 29, 2016) was an American film and television actress and an opera soprano. Filmography Films *'' The Frontier Phantom'' (1952) - Susan *''Secrets of Beauty'' (1951) - Betty Westmore *''Montana Desperad ...

as Julie Scott *

as Geronimo *

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as Lt. Furness *Luther Crockett as Maj. Clem French *Jean Andren as Mrs. French * Ted Adams as Walt Anderson *

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as Frank Corcoran * Dennis Moore as Luke *Wes Hudman as Red (as Wesley Hudman) *Harte Wayne as Gen. Ives

References

It is a lesser known film but is an alternative to watch.

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* 1950 films American black-and-white films American historical films 1950s historical films 1950 Western (genre) films Eagle-Lion Films films Western (genre) cavalry films American Western (genre) films Films about Native Americans 1950s English-language films Films directed by John Hoffman 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub