Taza, Son of Cochise

Taza, Son of Cochise

79 mins | Drama, Action, Romance, War, Western | Feb. 18, 1954

Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona. Naiche loses no time in starting trouble which, thanks to a bigoted cavalry officer, ends with the proud Chiricahua Apaches on a reservation, where they are soon joined by the captured renegade Geronimo, who is all it takes to light the firecracker's fuse...

Taza, Son of Cochise

79 mins | Drama, Action, Romance, War, Western | Feb. 18, 1954

Taza, Son of Cochise
Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona. Naiche loses no time in starting trouble which, thanks to a bigoted cavalry officer, ends with the proud Chiricahua Apaches on a reservation, where they are soon joined by the captured renegade Geronimo, who is all it takes to light the firecracker's fuse...
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title Taza, Son of Cochise
Directors Tom Shaw, Douglas Sirk
Writers Gerald Drayson Adams, George Zuckerman

Cast

Rock Hudson

as Taza

Barbara Rush

as Oona

Gregg Palmer

as Captain Burnett

Rex Reason

as Naiche

Morris Ankrum

as Grey Eagle

Eugene Iglesias

as Chato

Richard H. Cutting

as Cy Hegan

Ian MacDonald

as Geronimo

Jeff Chandler

as Cochise

Robert Burton

as General Crook

Joe Sawyer

as Sgt. Hamma

Lance Fuller

as Lt. Willis

Bradford Jackson

as Lt. Richards (as Brad Jackson)

James Van Horn

as Skinya

Charles Horvath

as Kocha

Robert F. Hoy

as Lobo (as Robert Hoy)

Barbara Burck

as Mary

Dan White

as Tiswin Charlie