''Apache Uprising'' is a 1965 American

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film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Max Lamb and Harry Sanford. The film stars

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, John Russell,

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and

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. The film was released on December 29, 1965, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

The film takes place in

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circa 1880s and deals with the stage coach lines trying to run from

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through Arizona over to

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and points west. The stage coach and passengers are attacked by renegade Apaches. These stage coach hands, passengers, and various AZ outlaws, all of whom are travelling through Indian country, are forced to join forces against the Apaches in order to save their lives and scalps.

Cast

as Jim Walker *

as Janice MacKenzie * John Russell as Vance Buckner *

as Charlie Russell *

as Jess Cooney *

as Captain Gannon *

as Hoyt Taylor *

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as Bill Gibson * DeForest Kelley as Toby Jack Saunders * George Chandler as Jace Asher *

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as Mrs. Hawks *

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as Sheriff Ben Hall *

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as Henry Belden *

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as Young Apache Chief *

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as Chico Lopez * Paul Daniel as Tonto Chief Antone * Regis Parton as Hank *

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as Sgt. Hogan *

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as Archie Whitewater *

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as Townsman Laughing at Sheriff * Ben Stanton as Townsman Joe

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* * * * * {{AFI film, id=22882, title=Apache Uprising 1965 films 1965 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Apache Wars films 1960s English-language films Films directed by R. G. Springsteen Films scored by Jimmie Haskell Paramount Pictures films 1960s American films

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