''White Apache'' ( it, Bianco Apache) is a 1986 Western film directed by

Bruno Mattei Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Ma ...

. The film was an Italian and Spanish co-production between Beatrice Films and Multivideo.

Plot

After heavy gunfire in a clash with some outlaw, a pregnant woman is the only survivor of a caravan. Found by the Indians, the woman who is dying, is brought to the village, where she died giving birth to a child.

Cast

* Sebastian Harrison as Shining Sky *

Lola Forner Lola Forner (born 6 June 1960 in Alicante, Spain) also known as María Dolores Forner Toro, is a Spanish actress. She was crowned Miss Spain in 1979http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1960/june_6_1960_122700.html and competed in Miss World 197 ...

as Rising Sun *

Alberto Farnese Alberto Farnese (3 June 1926 – 2 June 1996) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1951 and 1989. He starred in the film ''Whom God Forgives'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of ...

as The Governor * Charly Bravo as Ryder *

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as Isabella * Charles Borromel as Crazy Bull * José Canalejas as White Bear *

Luciano Pigozzi Luciano Pigozzi, also known professionally as Alan Collins (10 January 1927 – 14 June 2008), was an Italian character actor. A long-time staple of Italian genre cinema, Pigozzi was noted for his resemblance to Peter Lorre and appeared in s ...

as Cribbens

Production

While only Mattei is credited, some sources such as Kevin Grant's book ''Any Gun Can Play'' state that

Claudio Fragasso Claudio Fragasso (born 2 October 1951) is a film director and screenwriter. Fragasso first attempted to make art films in the early 1970s, then became a screenwriter in the Italian film industry in the mid-1970s. Fragasso met director Bruno Matte ...

also directed the film uncredited. On discussing their collaborations on ''

The Other Hell ''The Other Hell'' ( it, L'altro inferno) is a 1981 Italian horror film written and directed by Bruno Mattei and Claudio Fragasso and starring Franca Stoppi and Carlo De Mejo. Plot Sister Cristina is lost in the catacombs under the convent whi ...

'' and ''The True Story of the Nuns of Monza'', Fragasso stated he would shoot the film at the same time Mattei was shooting the other which was also done with their two woman in prison films ''

Violence in a Women's Prison ''Violence in a Women's Prison'' ( it, Violenza in un carcere femminile) is a women in prison film directed by Bruno Mattei. The film stars Laura Gemser and Gabriele Tinti. It tells the story of Emanuelle, who is sent to Santa Catarina Women's ...

'' and ''

Women's Prison Massacre ''Women's Prison Massacre'' ( it, Blade Violent) is a 1983 film directed by Bruno Mattei and starring Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Carlo De Mejo, Lorraine De Selle, and Franca Stoppi. Plot Emanuelle (Laura Gemser) is sent to a violent women's ...

'' and the Westerns ''Scalps'' and ''White Apache''. Mattei stater otherwise, that Fragasso was an assistant director on these films, and nothing more.

Release

''White Apache'' was first released in 1986. was released in Spain on 27 May 1987. The film was also released as ''Apache Kid''. In the uncut versions of both ''White Apache'' and ''Scalps'' contain scenes of scalping, dismemberment and other violence.

Reception

From retrospective reviews, in their book ''Dizionario del cinema italiano'', Roberto Chiti and Roberto Poppi noted the film had a poor story, modest acting and was hastily directed while praised its attempt to develop characters in the story.

References

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External links

* 1986 films 1986 Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films Films directed by Bruno Mattei Films scored by Luigi Ceccarelli Spaghetti Western films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Western-film-stub