By far one of the best Western's I've seen.The even handed way the movie portrays both sides is astonishing for a movie from the 50's.Neither the Apache nor the whites are painted in black or white.There are shades of gray in all of them and most of there motivations seem real.The only negatives to this film is that the acting is a little off at times and the movie was a little slow paced for my taste.The ending is about as non Hollywood as you are going to get from this era.Two Thumbs Up.

Stewart at his usual romantic fever pitch. Not really a western.

There is nary a trace of fear or even uncertainty in characters who are supposedly engaged in a most brutal, unprincipled war. There's hardly even genuine grief over the fallen. Why am I supposed to care about Jimmy Stewart's cartoonish efforts to broker peace between two groups of toy soldiers? There's also a stupid Pocahontas-style romantic subplot. God save us.