Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

John Sturges

Writers:

Phillip Rock (story) and
Michael Pate (story) ...

Release Date:

4 December 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

A ruthless Union captain is renowned throughout his prison fort as the toughest soldier in the business...

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Confederate | American Civil War | Cavalry | Officer

Cast

William Holden	...	Capt. Roper
Eleanor Parker	...	Carla Forester
John Forsythe	...	Capt. John Marsh
William Demarest	...	Campbell
William Campbell	...	Cabot Young
Polly Bergen	...	Alice Owens
Richard Anderson	...	Lt. Beecher
Carl Benton Reid	...	Col. Owens
John Lupton	...	Bailey

Also Known As:

Fort Bravo (USA) (closing credits title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Anscocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Lt. Beecher scans the horizon with a very modern pair of binoculars.

Quotes:

Cabot Young: You must have missed!
Campbell: Naw, we just killed the same one twice!
[takes aim and shoots Indian off his pony with one shot]
Campbell: See what I mean?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Major Dundee (1965)

Soundtrack:

Yellow Stripes

A colorful cavalry-Indian western

This beautiful film is another action western about Union and Confederate soldiers at a western outpost whose task is to hold the territory for the Union, prevent rebel defections, and fight Indians. A pretty rebel sympathizer uses her charms to effect an escape of Confederate officers and the hunt is on. William Holden and Eleanor Parker play off one another well in this tug of war and wills with John Forsythe hovering as an interested party. The film has exciting cavalry-Indian battle scenes, and the second clash is particularly novel in its execution because it is done by Indians. A craven rebel soldier proves to be the unlikely hero at the wind up. The picture was filmed largely in Death Valley and is striking in its great visual beauty.