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I Killed Geronimo
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Wikipedia article
'I Killed Geronimo' is a 1950 American Western film about the Chiricahua Apache leader Geronimo.
Directed by John Hoffman and starring James Ellison, Virginia Herrick, and Chief Thundercloud in the role of Geronimo, the film has been described as a "silly but likeable"[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042586/usercomments] IMDB entry B movie. It is based around the fictional murder of Geronimo - who in reality died of pneumonia at the age of 80 after a fall from his horse in February 1909, while still a prisoner of the United States at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.[http://www.historytoday.com/MainArticle.aspx?m=33177&amid=30265445 Death of Geronimo, History Today]
Plot
Cast
*James Ellison as Capt. Jeff Packard
*Virginia Herrick as Julie Scott
*Chief Thundercloud as Geronimo
*Smith Ballew as Lt. Furness
*Luther Crockett as Maj. Clem French
*Jean Andren as Mrs. French
*Ted Adams as Walt Anderson
*Myron Healey as Frank Corcoran
*Dennis Moore as Luke
*Wes Hudman as Red (as Wesley Hudman)
*Harte Wayne as Gen. Ives
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It is a lesser known film but is an alternative to watch.
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