One of the numerous westerns Lee Van Cleef made in the 70s, this one is pretty poor!
Cleef plays the title character, a Native American Indian who is also a US army captain (though how he got to be one is unexplained). He is investigating the murder of the Indian Commissioner, and attempting to find out the meaning of his dying phrase 'April Morning.' During his hunt for the baddies, he encounters numerous obstacles, including gunrunner Stuart Whitman and two heavies who give him hallucination inducing drugs.
The soundtrack is very dated (electric guitar during one fight) but the main and end titles are reason enought to watch-Lee Van Cleef sings! Well, on the title track of 'Captain Apache' he talks, but the end titles song 'April Morning' finds him singing! Couldn't they get anybody else? Or where they just having a laugh?
Some moments are fairly effective, but it's mostly rubbish, albeit unintentionally funny rubbish! The 'romance' with Carroll Baker is probably the worst point, although the unimaginably silly storyline should be named and shamed as well! So, watch this if you either:
a) want to have a laugh
b) are a spaghetti western nut
c) want to hear lee van cleef sing!
Cleef plays the title character, a Native American Indian who is also a US army captain (though how he got to be one is unexplained). He is investigating the murder of the Indian Commissioner, and attempting to find out the meaning of his dying phrase 'April Morning.' During his hunt for the baddies, he encounters numerous obstacles, including gunrunner Stuart Whitman and two heavies who give him hallucination inducing drugs.
The soundtrack is very dated (electric guitar during one fight) but the main and end titles are reason enought to watch-Lee Van Cleef sings! Well, on the title track of 'Captain Apache' he talks, but the end titles song 'April Morning' finds him singing! Couldn't they get anybody else? Or where they just having a laugh?
Some moments are fairly effective, but it's mostly rubbish, albeit unintentionally funny rubbish! The 'romance' with Carroll Baker is probably the worst point, although the unimaginably silly storyline should be named and shamed as well! So, watch this if you either:
a) want to have a laugh
b) are a spaghetti western nut
c) want to hear lee van cleef sing!