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The screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin was loosely based on the Harold Sinclair (1907-1966) 1956 novel of historical fiction of the same name, a fictionalized version of the famous Grierson's Raid by Federal cavalry in April–May 1863 riding southward through Mississippi and around the Mississippi River fortress of Vicksburg during ...
Cavalry Westerns are a subgenre of the classic Western film, they usually feature the United States Cavalry fighting Native Americans, such as the Apache, the Sioux or the Cheyenne. Pages in category "Western (genre) cavalry films"
It is the third installment of Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). [6] Wayne plays the lead in all three films, as Captain Kirby York in Fort Apache , then as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , and finally as a promoted Lieutenant Colonel Kirby ...
War Paint is a 1953 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Robert Stack and Joan Taylor.A U.S. Cavalry lieutenant is assigned to deliver a peace treaty to a powerful Indian chief, but two Indians have vowed to kill the officer before he completes his mission.
Fort Apache is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda. [4] [5] The film was the first of the director's "Cavalry Trilogy" and was followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950), both also starring Wayne.
$2.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) [2] They Came to Cordura is a 1959 American Western film co-written and directed by Robert Rossen and starring Gary Cooper , Rita Hayworth , Van Heflin and Tab Hunter .
Back at the headquarters of the 5th Cavalry, the invalid commanding officer orders Lance to assign an officer to command an escort to take Tucsos to a larger post. Lance decides to lead the patrol himself, but at the last minute, the colonel says he needs Lance to stay at the fort in case of an Apache attack, and orders him to assign another ...
Ambush is a 1950 American Western film starring Robert Taylor, John Hodiak and Arlene Dahl.Directed by Sam Wood, the film is based on the serial story Ambush by Luke Short in The Saturday Evening Post (25 December 1948 – 12 February 1949).