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40 Guns to Apache Pass

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4.9/10 • 18

1967-05-011h 35m

Western

He had to get the guns through the whole Apache nation !

The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defend them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment of rifles, but it's stolen by greedy white traders with the help of mutinous soldiers

Directors
William Witney
Writters
Willard W. Willingham, Mary Willingham
Editors
Grant Whytock

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  1. Audie Murphy

    Audie Murphy

    Capt. Bruce Coburn

  2. Michael Burns

    Michael Burns

    Doug Malone

  3. Kenneth Tobey

    Kenneth Tobey

    Cpl. Bodine

  4. Laraine Stephens

    Laraine Stephens

    Ellen

  5. Robert Brubaker

    Robert Brubaker

    Sergeant Walker

  6. Michael Blodgett

    Michael Blodgett

    Mike

  7. Michael Keep

    Michael Keep

    Cochise

  8. Kay Stewart

    Kay Stewart

    Kate Malone

  9. Kenneth MacDonald

    Kenneth MacDonald

    Harry Malone

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John Chard

Apr 20, 2015

4/10

Just Pass. 40 Guns to Apache Pass is directed by William Witney and written by Willard and Mary Willingham. It stars Audie Murphy and Kenneth Tobey. Music is by Richard LaShelle and Jaques R. Marquette photographs it in Pathe Color with location work coming at Lovejoy Buttes, Red Rock Canyon and North Ranch in California. The Apaches, led by Cochise (Michael Keep), are on the warpath and vowing to kill all whites they come across. Captain Bruce Coburn (Murphy) is in charge of leading homesteaders out of harms way. But there is unrest in the band of men under his charge and mutiny is afoot. This was the last but one film Murphy made before retiring, you feel that he hoped this would be a fitting swan song to his career. It wasn't. Saddled with a weak script and surrounded by wooden supporting actors, Murphy alone can't make this lacklustre, cliché riddled, Western work. There's some nice scenery shot by Witney and Marquette, but with LaShelle scoring it like an episode of Scooby Doo the impact is lost. It would be easy to blame director Witney, a man more than capable of stringing together an action based movie, but asking him to try and make this particular screenplay stretch to over an hour and half was asking for the impossible. 3/10 for Murphy's manful efforts to carry such a low-budget, routine and forgettable piece.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
apache nationrifle