After a massacre of an Indian village by the U.S army, a survivor, Yellow shirt (Ray Danton) goes after them for revenge. His journey becomes a deadly adventure. His life will be threatened by the hostility of the desert, snakes, hallucinations and of course his encounter with his enemies…
Practical Effects
Desert survival shot on actual miserable location, zero comfort.
Acting
Ray Danton commits to Yellow Shirt with sweaty, unhinged intensity.
Direction
Vern Piehl's psychedelic detours in a cheap revenge western.
Director
Vern Piehl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Arizona on a shoestring budget so tight that cast members reportedly did their own dangerous stunts. The snake scenes? Very real, very uncontrolled.
Part of a brief 1970s wave of revisionist westerns attempting Indigenous perspectives—awkwardly, through white actors and exploitation lenses. The tension between intent and execution is the whole text.
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