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Actors: Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel, Jorge Luke, Joaquín Martínez
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ulzana's Raid
Written by Alan Sharp, ULZANA'S RAID is a movie directed by Robert Aldrich in 1972.

In Arizona, the apache Ulzana and a few companions leave the Indian reservation in order to loot, kill and rape. A U.S. cavalry detachment, lead by young Lt. Bruce Davison, is sent to find him. Thanks to the old scout Burt Lancaster and the indian scout Ke-Ni-Tay, the soldiers are coming closer to the cruel gang.

--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar


Analysis of Ulzana's Raid
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%



Time/Era of Movie: - 19th century
Western Yes
Kind of western: - Good white men fighting wicked Indians - hunting down outlaws

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - criminal
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - American Indian
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West
Desert? Yes
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel... - depressed/sad
How many deaths in film? - 8 or more
What kind of sex: - vague references only
Kind of violence: - guns - knives
Unusual forms of death - flamed - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Lot of special effects? Yes
Kinds of F/X - nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
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