1972’s Ulzana’s Raid

Ulzana’s Raid is one of the rare movies that has a particularly strong theme—violence: what does it mean, and how is it used? To perfectly illustrate this theme, Ulzana, an Apache warrior, and six other braves, escape from the “agency.” A cavalry unit is sent in pursuit, led by a young, inexperienced, idealistic lieutenant, who also happens to be a minister’s son, played by a young and extremely good Bruce Davison, coming right off his big hit film debut, Willard. He is exactl