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Drama: Western

02/09/1997

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A man responsible for killing the son of a dancer escorts the body into Apache territory.

Western. After the son of a cabaret dancer is accidentally killed, the man responsible insists on escorting the dancer when she decides to bury her son in Apache territory.

Soon after the Civil War, a Yankee officer arrives in town and saves a card cheat from a lynching. Their intention of robbing the poorly-guarded bank is thwarted when masked raiders beat them to it and, in an ensuing gunfight, the young son of a cabaret dancer is accidentally shot dead. The remorseful officer insists on escorting the dancer with the body when she decides to bury her son in Apache territory.

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