''Apache Fury'' ( es, El hombre de la diligencia, link=no meaning "man of the stage", it, La furia degli Apache) is a 1964 Italian-Spanish

Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most ...

directed and co-written by

José María Elorrieta José María Elorrieta (1921–1974) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He wrote or directed a number of Spaghetti Westerns.Weisser p.168 Selected filmography Director * ''María Dolores'' (1953) * ''Flame Over Vietnam'' (1957) * ''T ...

. It was based on a novel by Eduardo Guzman.

Plot

At an isolated coaching station in the Arizona desert, Steve Loman is approached by some outlaw friends. They tell him that a

stagecoach A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are draw ...

containing the corrupt Judge Driscoll, his bride to be Ruth, her young brother Jimmy and a

card sharp A card sharp (also cardsharp, card shark or cardshark, sometimes hyphenated) is a person who uses skill and/or deception to win at poker or other card games. "Sharp" and "shark" spellings have varied over time and by region. The label is n ...

are heading for the station with a large amount of money. As the Apaches led by

Geronimo Geronimo ( apm, Goyaałé, , ; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache ...

are on the warpath, it would be too easy for Loman to revenge himself on Driscoll who sent Loman to prison on a false charge that also ruined his army career and split the money with the outlaws and travel to Mexico. Loman refuses. As the stagecoach arrives it is attacked by an Apache war party and shelters inside the station. Adding to their troubles, the young Jimmy mistakes approaching non-hostile

Pima Indian The Pima (or Akimel O'odham, also spelled Akimel Oʼotham, "River People," formerly known as ''Pima'') are a group of Native Americans living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona, as well as northwestern Mexico i ...

s for Apache killing one that sets the Pima against the whites unless they surrender Jimmy.

Cast

* Frank Latimore as Major Steve Loman *

Nuria Torray Nuria Torray (24 September 1934 - 7 June 2004) was a Spanish film, television and theatre actress. Career Television Torray also made numerous appearances in television productions including the television series '' Un Mito Llamado...''. The ...

as Ruth *

Jesús Puente Jesús Puente Alzaga (18 December 1930 – 26 October 2000) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1957 to 2000. In 1954 he represented '' The Taming of the Shrew'' of William Shakespeare at the Teatre Grec. Sele ...

as Judge Todd Driscoll * Ángel Ortiz as Silas *

Germán Cobos Germán Sánchez Hernández-Cobos (7 July 1927 – 12 January 2015) was a prolific Spanish actor in a variety of European films. He was married to Visitación Peralta. He was born on 7 July 1927 in Sevilla. He was known for playing Arturo Torres ...

as George Gordon *

Mariano Vidal Molina Mariano Vidal Molina (23 October 1925 – 20 February 1996) was an Argentinian actor. He appeared along Antonio Parra and Gustavo Re in ''The Corruption of Chris Miller'' (1973), by Juan Antonio Bardem, ''Carola de día, Carola de noche'' (1969 ...

as Burt Kaplan * Pastor Serrador as Richard 'Poker Dick' * Jorge Martín as Elmer Roscoe * Guillermo Vera as Juan Diego * Julio Pérez Tabernero as Jimmy *

Aldo Sambrell Alfredo Sánchez Brell (23 February 1931 – 10 July 2010), known as Aldo Sambrell, was a Spanish actor, director, and producer who appeared in over 150 films between 1961 and 1996. Biography Sambrell was born in Vallecas, Madrid, on 23 Feb ...

as Burt henchman * Alfonso de la Vega as Soldado * Francisco Braña as Burt henchman * Rufino Inglés as Banquero * Guillermo Méndez as Capitán * Antonio Cintado as Sargento *

José Sancho José Asunción Martínez (11 November 1944 – 3 March 2013) better known as José Sancho or Pepe Sancho, was a Spanish actor. Over a period of fifty years he appeared extensively in Spanish television and films. He was perhaps best known ...

* Yvonne Bastien

References

External links

* 1964 Western (genre) films 1964 films Spaghetti Western films Italian Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films Films directed by José María Elorrieta 1960s Spanish-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub