
The most powerful weapon is courage...
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
- 6.7
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 33m

James Stewart
Tom Jeffords
Jeff Chandler
Cochise
Debra Paget
Sonseeahray
Basil Ruysdael
Gen. Oliver Howard
Will Geer
Ben Slade
Joyce Mackenzie
Terry
Arthur Hunnicutt
Milt Duffield
Robert Adler
Lonergan - Stage Driver (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Chris Willow Bird
Nochalo (uncredited)
Raymond Bramley
Col. Bernall (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Miner (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti
Nalikadeya - Cochise's Wife (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Miner (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
Teese (uncredited)
J.W. Cody
Pionsenay - Chosen Warrior (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Townsman (uncredited)
Dolores Christine Cypert
American Indian/Redbird (uncredited)
Aubrey Lee Dale
Indian (uncredited)
John Doucette
Mule Driver (uncredited)
Robert Dover
Machogee (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
Barber (uncredited)
Robert Griffin
John Lowrie (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Minor Role (uncredited)
Mickey Kuhn
Bob Slade (uncredited)
Al Kunde
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Lee
Boucher (uncredited)
John Marston
Maury (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
Barfly (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Townsman (uncredited)
Edwin Rand
Sergeant (uncredited)
John Rice
Townsman (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Barfly (uncredited)
Jay Silverheels
Geronimo (uncredited)
Charles Soldani
Skinyea - Chosen Warrior (uncredited)
Dorothy Teters
Indian (uncredited)
Richard Van Opel
Bernall's Adjutant (uncredited)
John War Eagle
Nahilzay (uncredited)
Billy Wilkerson
Juan (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe
Man Saying "...or a Blasted Liar" (uncredited)
Released
en
$3,600,000.00
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- #settler
- #cochise
Reviews

If you're looking for a traditional cowboys and indians film, then this might not be for you. Sure, there are the odd confrontations between the ever expanding white man and the Apache braves, but this is essentially a more cerebral look at the efforts both sides made to find an enduring peaceful solution. After months of no stagecoach and mail getting through, a pretty lightweight James Stewart (

To talk of peace is not hard. To live it is very hard. As the war rages between the American settlers and the Apache, former soldier Tom Jeffords happens upon a young Indian wounded after an attack. Taking upon himself to aid the boy, it's not long before the Apache show up intent on killing Jeffords by way of the war instincts. Pleading for Jeffords' life, the boy manages to get him spared by











