Ulzana's Raid (1972)

Regista:

Robert Aldrich

Sceneggiatore:

Alan Sharp (writer)

Data di uscita:

18 ottobre 1972 (USA)

Genere:

Adventure | Western

Slogan:

One man alone understood the savagery of the early American west from both sides.

Plot:

Report reaches the US cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers...

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Native American Reservation | Arizona | Bondage | Scout

Recensioni degli utenti:

Grim, realistic, and non-judgmental guerilla war

Cast

Burt Lancaster	...	McIntosh
Bruce Davison	...	Lt. Garnett DeBuin
Jorge Luke	...	Ke-Ni-Tay (army scout)
Richard Jaeckel	...	Sergeant
Joaquín Martínez	...	Ulzana (as Joaquin Martinez)
Lloyd Bochner	...	Capt. Charles Gates
Karl Swenson	...	Willy Rukeyser (settler)
Douglass Watson	...	Maj. Cartwright (CO, Ft. Lowell)
Dran Hamilton	...	Mrs. Riordan
John Pearce	...	Corporal
Gladys Holland	...	Mrs. Rukeyser
Margaret Fairchild	...	Mrs. Abbie Ginsford
Aimée Eccles	...	McIntosh's Indian woman (as Aimee Ecclés)
Richard Bull	...	Ginsford (settler)
Otto Reichow	...	'Dutch' Steegmeyer (Indian Agent, San Carlos Reservation)
Dean Smith	...	Trooper Horowitz
Larry Randles	...	Trooper Mulkearn
Hal Maguire	...	Trooper
Ted Markland	...	Trooper
R.L. Armstrong	...	Trooper
John McKee	...	Trooper
Tony Epper	...	Trooper
Nick Cravat	...	Trooper
William H. Burton	...	Trooper (as Bill Burton)
Fred Brookfield	...	Trooper
Jerry Gatlin	...	Trooper
Walter Scott	...	Trooper
Richard Farnsworth	...	Trooper
Henry Camargo	...	Indian brave
Larry Colelay	...	Indian brave
Gil Escandon	...	Indian brave
Marvin Fragua	...	Indian brave
Frank Gonzales	...	Indian brave
Benny Thompson	...	Indian brave
George Aguilar	...	Indian brave
Wallace Sinyella	...	Indian brave
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Hal Baylor	...	Curtis (uncredited)

Regia di
Robert Aldrich

Scritto da (in ordine alfabetico)
Alan Sharp		writer

Prodotto da
Carter DeHaven	....	producer
Alan Sharp	....	associate producer
Harold Hecht	....	producer (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster	....	producer (uncredited)

Musiche originali di
Frank De Vol		(as Frank DeVol)

Fotografia di
Joseph F. Biroc		(director of photography) (as Joseph Biroc)

Montaggio di
Michael Luciano

Architetto-scenografo
James Dowell Vance		(as James D. Vance)

Arredatore
John McCarthy Jr.		(as John McCarthy)

Costumi di
Glenn Wright		(uncredited)

Direttore di produzione
Ernest B. Wehmeyer	....	production manager

Aiuto regista
Malcolm R. Harding	....	assistant director

Sonoro
James R. Alexander	....	sound (as Jim Alexander)
Waldon O. Watson	....	sound

Controfigure
Fred Brookfield	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney	....	stunts (uncredited)
Patty Elder	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs	....	stunts (uncredited)
John McKee	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ron Veto	....	stunts (uncredited)

Casting Department
Frank Kennedy	....	extras casting: locations (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Kelly Aldrich	....	driver (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Associates & Aldrich Company, The
• De Haven Productions
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• GoodTimes Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• CIC (1973) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Paramount (????) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2001) (Germany) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Cinematique  cosmetics
• Universal Title  titles and optical effects

Alias:

Nessuna pietà per Ulzana (Italy) [it]

Durata:

103 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Divieti:

West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (cut) | West Germany:12 (f) (re-rating) | Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Denmark:11 (2003) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Luoghi delle riprese:

Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA

Company:

Associates & Aldrich Company, The

Curiosità:

Filmed for $1.2 million in only 7 weeks, a good 3 or 4 weeks less than most of Robert Aldrich's movies.

Citazioni:

Lt. Harry Garnett DeBuin: How many are watching?
Ke-Ni-Tay: One man see as many as ten.
Lt. Harry Garnett DeBuin: Can we find him and kill him?
Ke-Ni-Tay: You cannot.
Lt. Harry Garnett DeBuin: But Ke-Ni-Tay can?
[Ke-Ni-Tay nods]
Lt. Harry Garnett DeBuin: But will he?
Ke-Ni-Tay: Ke-Ni-Tay sign paper. Ke-Ni-Tay soldier.
Lt. Harry Garnett DeBuin: All right. Find him and kill him!

Grim, realistic, and non-judgmental guerilla war

Stark and brutal, but completely lacking the melodramatic sturm und drang of most war movies, Ulzana's Raid plays out like it was another deadly day at the office for the participants. Produced as an allegory on the Vietnam War, Robert Aldrich and Burt Lancaster created a focused drama about the senselessness of hating your opponents and the absence of victory in ethnic conflicts. The participants and victimized settlers aren't so much dehumanized as they are inconsequential except to themselves.

Filmed in Nogales, Arizona and Nevada, the conflict is played out realistically with both sides shepherding their supplies of time, endurance, ammunition, and manpower. The location shots are beautifully laid out with an emphasis on depicting the strategic planning of the apache raiders and opposing troopers. Several scenes stand out in sharp contrast to most war movies. In one group of scenes, Aldrich follows a German family and their fate as the wife rides off with her child and a trooper escort, and the well-armed husband stays behind to defend their home. In another, the troop commander sends two soldiers after a wounded apache raider. In both cases, he turns conventional logic and sentiment on its head in honor of a grimmer reality. To my mind, this is one of the best war stories ever made and the DVD lays it out in full screen Technicolor.