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Sex & Nudity

  • Sneed (Robert Fuller) and Leona (BarBara Luna) kiss and make out of couple of times. Wayne (Guy Stockwell) and Martha (Judy Jordan) kiss and make out a little. Everyone stays fully clothed.

Violence & Gore

  • More detail in the depiction of violence, including slo-mo, than in most oaters from the '50s & '60s, illustrating the growing influence of Sam Peckinpah and the Spaghetti Westerns on the genre.
  • A shoot-out between the military and the guys who have stolen the gatling gun injures one. Another is killed when he is shot and the explosives he is holding explode.
  • At least seven shoot outs between the Apaches and military, with several men pierced by arrows, many on both sides killed by gun fire. A couple of times bombs, made of empty cans of beans and gunpowder, are lit and lobbed at the Apaches, creating deadly explosions. The gatling gun is used on the Apaches a couple of times.
  • Leona pulls a knife on Sneed, and he hits her.
  • Jim (Patrick Wayne) and Wayne start to fight.
  • The military comes upon a scene of dead soldiers, killed by the Apaches.
  • Runner (Woody Strode) knocks out Two-Knife (Carlos Rivas)

Profanity

  • Several damns and hells.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A couple of times several of the soldiers smoke cigars.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

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Violence & Gore

  • Two women fight. Leona is shot and killed.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • One of the soldiers is captured, tied to a stake, and a fire started around him. Others look on helplessly as he screams for help. One of his fellow soldiers mercifully shoots him.

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