Apache Country (1952)
Directed by George Archainbaud
Genres - Western |
Sub-Genres - Musical Western |
Release Date - May 30, 1952 (USA - Unknown), May 30, 1952 (USA) |
Run Time - 62 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The "B"-western field of the 1950s was laid low by increasing budgets and decreasing box-office appeal. Gene Autry's series for Columbia was still turning a profit in 1952, but films like Apache Country were a lot stingier-looking than his earlier efforts. Autry plays a government agent who rides into Indian territory to find out who's been selling guns and liquor to the Apaches. Hoping to keep his identity a secret, Autry is betrayed by a "mole" for the crooks, and gunplay ensues. TV and radio soap-opera veteran Mary Scott does an adequate job as the heroine, while movie veteran Francis X. Bushman brings his usual polished professionalism to a disturbingly minor role. And, oh yes, Gene Autry and his traditional cohorts Pat Buttram and Carolina Cotton do a lot of singing.
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abuse, bad-guy, blues-music, chauvinist, cowboy, criminal, gangster, good-guy, government, incest, independence, lawman, letter, marriage, outlaw [Western], self-esteem, sex, slavery, songwriter, south, struggle, violence
