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After Harry T. Collier, a beloved commissioner of Indian Affairs, is murdered in late March during the1880s, Captain Apache, an Indian graduate of West Point, is assigned by the army to investigate the crime. Suspecting that O.J., the sheriff of a town bordering the reservation may be involved in the killing, Apache travels there and finds the sheriff dining with his mistress Maude at the Paradise Saloon. Before Apache can question him, however, O.J. abruptly departs and rides out of town with Apache in pursuit. When Apache apprehends him, O.J. swears that he did not kill Collier and relates that the agent’s dying words were “April Morning.” Meanwhile, Griffin, a wealthy landowner and six of his henchmen deliver guns across the border to a corrupt Mexican general who is bent on overtaking the province by force. When Griffin then demands that the general now “fulfill his part of the bargain,” the general orders him killed, unaware that his lieutenant, Sanchez is in Griffin’s employ. Rather than killing Griffin, Sanchez shoots the general, and after promoting himself to the post, promises Griffin that he will cross the border in time for “April Morning.” When O.J. is found murdered, Apache questions Maude, who reveals that O.J. traveled to a Mexican cantina monthly. Apache then rides to the cantina, where he is met by a cavalry patrol led by Sgt. O’Rourke. Upon learning that the cantina owner has recently been killed, Apache demands that the man’s widow, Rosita, take him to Rodriguez, her husband’s employer. Rosita then introduces Apache to a Mexican sergeant who allegedly knows where Rodriguez can be found. Unaware that the sergeant is Rodriguez disguised as a soldier, Apache follows him to a church where the priest claims that Rodriguez has claimed sanctuary and is therefore immune to the law.

Captain Apache investigates the murder of an Indian agent whose dying words April Morning are the only clue to who killed him. One of Van Cleef's signature roles.

Many westerns filmed in the seventies play better as parodies than as the real thing. Viewed from this angle, Captain Apache is a hoot worth having. Opening footage is supered with proverbs: The only good Indian is a dead Indian-white men The only good white man is a dead white man-Indians and Love thy neighbor-anonymous. Van Cleef, in the title role, investigates the murder of an Indian Agent whose dying words April Morning are the only clue to who killed him.

Captain Apache