THE DESERTER (1971)

Released- March 25, 1971 (West Germany)

Starring: Bekim Fehmiu, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Crenna, John Huston, Woody Strode, Slim Pickens Patrick Wayne and Branden de Wilde

Bitter over his wife's death due to what he believes was army negligence, Capt. Viktor Kaleb deserts the cavalry and disappears into the southwestern wasteland. But when marauding Apaches set up a stronghold just out of the cavalry's reach in Mexico, Kaleb is given amnesty in exchange for leading a small band of especially trained soldiers to wipe out the Indian stronghold.