Escape from Fort Bravo
(1953)
Directed by John
Sturges this western stars William Holden, Eleanor Parker and John
Forsythe. Deep in Indian country Union soldiers at a fort guard
Confederate prisoners that nearly out number them.
Despite a pretty
decent set up for tension and conflict this is a fairly average
western of the period that cheats the characters out of having to
make any real decisions. Like many westerns the Indians are not
characters and mostly feature as an distance menace but at least the
film does not descend into out right racism. The direction is not bad
but it does look like the film was made on a budget at times.
3/5
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