''Apache Ambush'' is a 1955 American

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film directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Bill Williams,

Richard Jaeckel Richard Jaeckel (born R. Hanley Jaeckel; October 10, 1926 – June 14, 1997) was an American actor of film and television. Jaeckel became a well-known character actor in his career, which spanned six decades. He received an Academy Award nomin ...

and Alex Montoya.

Plot

The

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now over, President Lincoln, just hours before his assassination, selects Indian scout James Kingston to facilitate a cattle shipment from

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to the north. He is helped by cattle driver Tim O'Roarke and former Confederate Major, Donald "Tex" McGuire. Mexican fanatic Joaquin Jironza, in cahoots with the Apaches, wants the Henry Repeating Rifles that Hank Calvin is shipping with Kingston's convoy. Embittered ex-rebel leader Lee Parker is also an obstacle to Kingston's mission, as he tries to drive the cattle through Confederate and Apache territory. Calvin is killed when the convoy is attacked by Apaches, but the attack is repulsed when they start using the repeating rifles. Later, the rifles are missing and Parker is suspected due to his confederate sympathies, but he denies the theft. The Union Army is unable to provide Kingston an adequate escort for the cattle drive because of orders to secure the Mexican border. Kingston discovers Parker knows where the rifles are and a fight ensues between the Southerners in town and Kingston's men. After Parker leaves, the town and Kingston's men unite to search for the rifles to prevent Jironza from finding them. Parker is captured by Jironza. Parker offers to tell Jironza where the rifles are in exchange for the protection of his father and sister, Ann, and for assistance in disrupting the cattle drive. Kingston finds the rifles buried under Calvin's wagon, and is attacked by Jironza. Jironza mortally wounds Parker and kills his father. Before Parker dies, he tells Ann to let Kingston know about an Apache ambush Jironza has planned. The Apaches stampede the cattle and a gunfight ensues. The Apache chief is killed and the other Indians retreat. Kingston and his men continue the drive to Abilene. Kingston promises Ann he will return.

Cast

* Bill Williams as James Kingston *

as Lee Parker * Alex Montoya as Joaquin Jironza * Movita as Rosita * Adelle August as Ann Parker *

Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandso ...

as Traegar * Ray Corrigan as Hank Calvin (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) *

Ray Teal Ray Elgin Teal (January 12, 1902The book ''Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory'' gives Teal's birth date as January 12, 1908. – April 2, 1976) was an American actor. His most famous role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on the televis ...

– Sergeant Tim O'Roarke * Don Harvey as Donald Tex McGuire (as Don G. Harvey) *

James Griffith James Jeffrey Griffith (February 13, 1916 – September 17, 1993) was an American character actor, musician and screenwriter. Early life and career Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in San Pedro, Griffith was the eldest of two born t ...

as President Abraham Lincoln * James Flavin as Colonel Marshall *

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as Chandler *

Forrest Lewis Raymond Forrest Lewis (November 5, 1899 – June 2, 1977) was an American actor of the theater, radio, motion pictures and television. Early years Lewis was born in Knightstown, Indiana, the son of Joseph Saint Lewis and Myla Leota Lewi ...

as Sheriff Silas Parker * George Keymas as Tweedy * Chris Alcaide as Lt. Shaffin (uncredited)

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* 1955 films 1955 Western (genre) films American Civil War films American Western (genre) films Apache Wars films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Fred F. Sears Films set in Texas 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub

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