This is an old-style western, where the Native Americans are all anonymous and all are hostile, serving as fodder for the firearms of the whites. Nothing particularly memorable about it, at only 73 min. long.
Our 4 just-released inmates of Yuma territorial prison head for the town of Tomahawk Gap. They learn that it is now a ghost town, in designated Apache territory, and the only white person living there is an eccentric old coot who claims his mission is to take care of the graveyard. They hope to find the $10,000. in cash from the bank they hid there in a grave. They manage to remember the name on the tombstone, find some makeshift shovels, and find the box the money supposedly was placed in. Surprise! There's nothing in it. They assume that either it was stolen with the box replaced, or the money was taken out before the box was buried, presumably by their deceased partner who buried the box. The 'graveyard man' swears he didn't know anything about it, so they decide to look around town for where their partner might have stashed the cash. They start tearing up floor boards, looking in closets, drawers, etc.. Lunacy! Eventually, they argue about when to stop looking and leave this dangerous place.
About then, a cavalry of Apache comes galloping through town, along with a few climbing on buildings. 2 of the 4 ex-inmates are killed by arrows or bullets. The others hide inside by a window. The cavalry keeps charging back and forth through town, The Kid and McCord picking off several each time. Lunacy to repeatedly exposing themselves to hidden gunfire! But, no doubt, many in the audiences liked to see 'Indians' fall off their horses or from high places. I won't tell you how the 2 killed the remaining Apaches quickly, but at the sacrifice of one of them. Which one? I will only tell you that McCord didn't actually participate in the robbery. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Before they got to Tomahawk gap, the men spotted some rustling in the shrubbery. It turned out to be a woman, with a rifle, who shot The Kid in the arm. Later, Doc would extract the bullet and the woman would help bandage it. They assumed she was Apache, being unfamiliar with Apache dress or language. Later, they would be told that she was actually a Navajo prisoner who had escaped. Egan tried to rape her twice, broken up by the others. At the end, the implication was that she would ride off with the remaining one of the 4, perhaps toward marriage? She is sometimes referred to as a girl, but she was 27 years old, and looked it. She should have been married long ago. Perhaps her husband had been killed or still was alive.
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Our 4 just-released inmates of Yuma territorial prison head for the town of Tomahawk Gap. They learn that it is now a ghost town, in designated Apache territory, and the only white person living there is an eccentric old coot who claims his mission is to take care of the graveyard. They hope to find the $10,000. in cash from the bank they hid there in a grave. They manage to remember the name on the tombstone, find some makeshift shovels, and find the box the money supposedly was placed in. Surprise! There's nothing in it. They assume that either it was stolen with the box replaced, or the money was taken out before the box was buried, presumably by their deceased partner who buried the box. The 'graveyard man' swears he didn't know anything about it, so they decide to look around town for where their partner might have stashed the cash. They start tearing up floor boards, looking in closets, drawers, etc.. Lunacy! Eventually, they argue about when to stop looking and leave this dangerous place.
About then, a cavalry of Apache comes galloping through town, along with a few climbing on buildings. 2 of the 4 ex-inmates are killed by arrows or bullets. The others hide inside by a window. The cavalry keeps charging back and forth through town, The Kid and McCord picking off several each time. Lunacy to repeatedly exposing themselves to hidden gunfire! But, no doubt, many in the audiences liked to see 'Indians' fall off their horses or from high places. I won't tell you how the 2 killed the remaining Apaches quickly, but at the sacrifice of one of them. Which one? I will only tell you that McCord didn't actually participate in the robbery. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Before they got to Tomahawk gap, the men spotted some rustling in the shrubbery. It turned out to be a woman, with a rifle, who shot The Kid in the arm. Later, Doc would extract the bullet and the woman would help bandage it. They assumed she was Apache, being unfamiliar with Apache dress or language. Later, they would be told that she was actually a Navajo prisoner who had escaped. Egan tried to rape her twice, broken up by the others. At the end, the implication was that she would ride off with the remaining one of the 4, perhaps toward marriage? She is sometimes referred to as a girl, but she was 27 years old, and looked it. She should have been married long ago. Perhaps her husband had been killed or still was alive.
See all 72 min. of it in color at You Tube.