Taza, Son of Cochise

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Taza, Son of Cochise
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Directed by Douglas Sirk
Screenplay by George Zuckerman
Story by Gerald Drayson Adams
(story and adaptation)
Produced by Ross Hunter
Starring Rock Hudson
Barbara Rush
Cinematography Russell Metty, A.S.C.
Edited byMilton Carruth A.C.E.
Music by Frank Skinner
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Universal International Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • February 18, 1954 (1954-02-18)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million [1]

Taza, Son of Cochise is a 1954 American Western film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush. The film was shot in 3D, and is one of just two films confirmed to have been released in the Pola-Lite 3D System using one projector.

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Plot

Three years after the end of the Apache Wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza (Rock Hudson) shares his ideas, but brother Naiche (Bart Roberts) yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona (Barbara Rush). 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 start a war.

Cast

Production

It was the third time Jeff Chandler played Cochise, following Broken Arrow and The Battle at Apache Pass . [2] Parts of the film were shot in Castle Valley, Professor Valley, Sand Flats, Devil's Garden, and Arches National Park in Utah. [3]

Acknowledgment in end credits

"We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior whose splendid cooperation made possible the photography of scenes at Arches National Monument Park".

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References

  1. "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
  2. "WORK AT WARNERS RESUMES TUESDAY: Rehearsals on New Pictures Will Get Under Way After Shutdown of 3 Months". New York Times. July 10, 1953. p. 10.
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