''Apache Blood'' is a 1973 American

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film starring

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. The direction is credited to Thomas Quillen. The film was originally released as ''A Man Called She'' and is also known by its 1975 reissue title, ''Pursuit''.

Plot summary

In 1860s Arizona, a peace treaty had been established between Mescalero Apaches and the U.S. government. In 1866, however, a U.S. Cavalry troupe massacred an Apache tribe, leaving only a few survivors, including a warrior named Yellow Shirt. Yellow Shirt seeks vengeance by pursuing injured cavalry officer Sam Glass.

Production notes

The film was shot in Arizona in 1971 under the working title ''Sh'e ee Clit Soak'' ("The Man Who Wore the Yellow Shirt" in an

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, according to the film's opening narration). It is the only known directorial film credit for Thomas Quillen. Although some sources have stated this may have been a pseudonym for the film's producer, Vern Piehl, contemporary newspaper reports indicate that Quillen was a known stage director associated with the Arizona Repertory Theater and the Phoenix Musical Theater Guild.

Reception

No major newspaper is known to have reviewed the film at the time of its release. In his book ''Western Movies'', Michael R. Pitts dismissed the film as a "tatty low-budget effort".

Cast

as Yellow Shirt *Dewitt Lee as Sam Glass *Troy Nabors as Cpl. Lem Hawkins *Diane Taylor as Yellow Shirt's Woman *Eva Kovacs as Martha Glass *Jason Clark as Army Dispatch Rider *Dave Robart as Soldier *William Chatwick as Soldier *Carl Mancini as Soldier *Earl Baldwin as Soldier *Wilford 'Whizzer' White as Indian *Carl Nelson as Indian *Jack Lee as Soldier at Fort

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