Dragoon Wells Massacre is a 1957 American CinemaScope DeLuxe Color Western film directed by Harold D. Schuster starring Barry Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mona Freeman and Katy Jurado.
Jonah finds Army captain Matt Riordan, the only survivor of an ambush by Chief Yellow Claw and his Apache braves, in the middle of the desert.
The last to arrive is the stagecoach, driven by Hopi Charlie, carrying Matt's former sweetheart Ann Bradley with her new beau, wealthy Philip Scott, as well as Mara Fay, an entertainer.
Jonah kills Jud and attempts to escape with the wagon, which has a false bottom containing guns he planned to sell to the Indians.
Tom is killed and Matt tells Yellow Claw he will get no more guns if Jonah dies.
Tioga sacrifices his life to save the child and kill the Apache escaping with Susan.
They leave the relay station and the Apaches soon attack, causing one of the horses carrying the ammunition to go over the cliff.
Link sneaks up on Jonah, shoots him and steals a horse from the Apaches to lead them away from the fort.
[2] Time Out called it "a highly enjoyable film, magnificently shot by William Clothier and with a surprisingly tight, inventive script by Warren Douglas ".