Another low-grade International Western on the same lines as BAD MAN'S RIVER (1971; also with Lee Van Cleef and by writer-producer Philip Yordan, but a more satisfying flick all-round), A TOWN CALLED BASTARD (1971) and PANCHO VILLA (1972) all three of which I've watched fairly recently. Here, Van Cleef plays the title role of a Union soldier who, in spite of displaying the proud demeanor befitting his Indian blood, is seemingly nonplussed at being referred to as "Redass" by virtually everybody he meets; he also gets to warble two songs on the soundtrack and is shown at one point wearing "classic" Indian warrior attire i.e. nothing but a piece of cloth to cover his private parts! Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert and a curiously uncredited Jess Hahn co-star, but the indifferent treatment of a confusing plot with a host of anonymous characters double-crossing each other throughout and climaxing in an aborted assassination attempt on the life of Ulysses S. Grant! breed unmemorable results; the whole thing is further sunk by a highly inappropriate rock score and the wrong widescreen aspect ratio utilized for the transfer of the R2 DVD edition I rented.
Review of Captain Apache
