Geronimo

Geronimo

26/11/1939 1h 29m 4.6/10

Overview

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.

Director

Paul Sloane

Top Billed Cast

Ellen Drew

Ellen Drew

Alice Hamilton

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

Sneezer

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Gillespie

William Henry

William Henry

Lt. John Steele, Jr.

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Capt. Bill Starrett

Ralph Morgan

Ralph Morgan

Gen. Steele

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

1/26/2024

6/10

With the eponymous Apache leader (Chief Thundercloud) swearing revenge on the white men who killed his family years earlier, it falls to "Gen. Steele" (Ralph Morgan) - at the personal instigation of the US President - to try to make peace with this marauding warrior. Of course, it's not going to be that simple - there are vested interests on both sides who wish the conflict to continue, there's a good old dose of family melodrama as his son (William Henry) is also at the post - and they don't exactly see eye to eye, and we also have a wagon train carrying his wife and his son's fiancée en route to the fort through treacherous territory. Now the acting here isn't up to much - aside from the odd gun toting scene from Andy Devine's scouting "Sneezer"; nor is the writing but there are some fun action scenes with the feisty band of blue-shirts facing what appeared to be the entire, and heavily armed, Apache nation bearing down on them. It's far too long, too - but as standard B-western afternoon fayre, it's watchable enough though don't expect any history lessons!

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