Apache Territory is a 1958 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and produced by and starring Rory Calhoun.
Shot on location at Red Rock Canyon in California, this production was Calhoun's last film before moving to television as The Texan on CBS.
Drifter Logan Cates (Rory Calhoun) spies the desert at a watering hole when he sees Apache Indians about to attack three cowboys.
Sensing the presence of Apaches, Logan brings the girl to a small box canyon that is not only defensible but has a supply of water.
The location attracts a variety of people escaping the Apaches including a small band of cavalrymen, Logan's former girlfriend, Jennifer Fair, and her fiancee, Grant Kimbrough.
They are besieged by Apache, where Logan the loner gradually discovers that he can not escape the responsibility of leadership of the group through his knowledge of Indian fighting and the local territory as well as his ability to knock sense into their heads when they engage in unhelpful behaviour.
As the wind picks up, Cates to put a plan into action: under the cover of a sandstorm, they will fill empty water bottles with black powder and small stones to make grenades and scatter the Apache across the desert.