Cinematheque: Anti-Westerns

(US, 1972, 35mm, 103 min.; Directed by Robert Aldrich) An experienced but battle weary Indian scout (Lancaster) accompanies a U.S. Cavalry troop into hazardous territory in search of the brutal Apache leader Ulzana and his tribe of followers. The literate and concise script by Scottish writer Alan Sharp provides the backbone for one of the best films of the 1970s, and the finest western from director Aldrich (Vera Cruz, The Last Sunset). With Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Jorge Luke.