I like Burt Lancaster playing any role; even a blue-eyed Indian. And if Burt can pull that off, so can Jean Peters as another blue-eyed Indian. The American viewing public is just not smart enough to know that over 99% of Native Americans did not have blue eyes (just like the Chinese, where Native Americans came from). The plot is interesting and the direction by Aldrich is very good. But once again, Lancaster places himself in a very unlikely ending. After shooting up half of F troop, we are expected to believe that the rest of the soldiers will now let him and his lovely bride live in peace to raise corn. Well. if you suspend disbelief for two Indian lovers to have blue eyes each, I guess you can suspend the disbelief that the Army would let this guy live in peace. Sorry, once again for the spoiler, but I just reviewed two Lancaster films with highly unbelievable endings; Vera Cruz and this one. Both films were entertaining, however.
Review of Apache
