The Battle at Apache Pass

The Battle at Apache Pass

The Fighting Story Of The Great Cochise!

NR 1952 · 85 min · ★ 6.6 · Western

Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically ambitious Indian agent Neil Baylor who sets up a false attack, and the abduction of a local farmer's son. While Colton is away investigating the matter, Baylor convinces Lieutenant Bascom that Cochise's band is to blame, and incites him to lead an expedition against the Apache band to return the boy.

Directed by George Sherman · Written by Gerald Drayson Adams

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