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Sprawling Western epic from director Sam Peckinpah featuring Charlton Heston as a rough-hewn Union officer heading across the Mexican border with a troop of outcasts in search of a tribe of Apache Indians responsible for raiding an Army outpost.     


Running Time 124 min

1965
                
Filming Locations


Saltito, Mexico     Vista Mermosa, Mexico     Mescala, Mexico     Marquesas, Mexico    Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico     Mexico     Durango, Mexico       Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico      Tlayacapan, Mexico

Trivia

During the filming of this movie, Sam Peckinpah was so obnoxious and abusive towards his actors that Charlton Heston physically threatened the director with a sabre. Heston later remarked that this was the only time he had ever threatened anybody on a movie set.  

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