Escape from Fort Bravo

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Escape from Fort Bravo is a 1953 American Western film set in a Civil War-era prison camp, noted for its tense standoff between Union jailers, Confederate prisoners, and Apache warriors.

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instanceOf American film
Western film
film
aspectRatio 1.37:1
basedOn original screenplay
character Captain John Marsh
Captain Roper
Carla Forester
Lieutenant Beecher
Sergeant Campbell
cinematographyBy Robert Surtees
colorProcess Ansco Color
countryOfOrigin United States
director John Sturges
distributedInFormat theatrical film
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy George Boemler
era Classical Hollywood cinema
filmingLocation Death Valley, California
linked to: Death Valley

Gallup, New Mexico
genre Western
war film
hasTheme duty versus compassion
loyalty and betrayal
survival under siege
language English
mpaaRating Passed
musicBy Jeff Alexander
notableFor tense standoff between Union jailers, Confederate prisoners, and Apache warriors
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A strict Union officer oversees a Civil War prison camp and becomes involved with a woman whose visit masks a Confederate escape plan, leading to a deadly confrontation with Apache warriors.
producer Nicholas Nayfack
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1953-12-04
releaseYear 1953
runtimeMinutes 99
screenwriter Frank Fenton
setDuring American Civil War
settingLocation Union prison camp in the American Southwest
stars Eleanor Parker
John Forsythe
Polly Bergen
Richard Anderson
William Campbell
William Demarest
William Holden
storyBy Michael Pate
Phillip Rock
subgenre Civil War Western

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John Sturges directed Escape from Fort Bravo