A Boston schoolmarm out west meets the sole survivor of a massacre, a drunk in jail.A Boston schoolmarm out west meets the sole survivor of a massacre, a drunk in jail.A Boston schoolmarm out west meets the sole survivor of a massacre, a drunk in jail.
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- (as Pat O'Moore)
- Trumble
- (as Bill Hamel)
- Townsman on Stairs at the Trial
- (uncredited)
- Man No. 1
- (uncredited)
- Juror
- (uncredited)
- Indian
- (uncredited)
- Corporal
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIf this story line sounds familiar, it's because this was a B-version rewrite of the classic The African Queen (1951) starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, albeit in a different setting.
- Quotes
Nora Haynes: Mr. Williams, I know nothing of what you've been talking about, nor does it matter at this time. The important thing is that you and I have found ourselves in the midst of a disaster. Something has to be done. What? What are we going to do?
Haxon 'Hack' Williams: We, lady?
Nora Haynes: We, Mr. Williams. Most certainly something has to be done.
Haxon 'Hack' Williams: Yeah.
Nora Haynes: What?
Haxon 'Hack' Williams: What.
Nora Haynes: Your intentions?
Haxon 'Hack' Williams: A quick departure, lady.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Chappaqua (1966)
- SoundtracksCopper Sky
Written by Raoul Kraushaar, Joseph Hooven (as Joe Hooven) and Marilyn Hooven
That was a pity because this could have gotten a notch or two higher in the ratings from me. Pedestrian direction was also a problem. The obvious comparison to The African Queen has been made by many. Let's not forget that in addition to Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen also had the services of John Huston.
Jeff Morrow plays a former cavalryman jailed for shooting an Apache because he was in the vicinity of the killing and scheduled to be hanged. But an interesting twist of fate as Morrow is locked in his cell passed out dead drunk, the entire town is massacred with him the only survivor. I'm still trying to figure out how he got out of the locked cell.
But he did whereupon he runs into new school teacher Coleen Gray, fresh from Boston and experiencing her first encounter with hostile Apaches. The two are forced together by circumstance to seek shelter and safety and to do it they have to cross the desert.
Like Hepburn and Bogey, Morrow and Gray are on screen together most of the film and they have the burden carrying it. A director like John Huston would have helped enormously.
Copper Sky is a decent enough programmer, but it had potential that was squandered.
- bkoganbing
- Jun 13, 2013
Details
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1