Fort Dobbs

Watch: Fort Dobbs

4/18/19581h 33m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ It took him forty bullets to get to Fort Dobbs... It took a thousand miracles to get him out! ~

Overview:

Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

horse
posse

Cast

Clint Walker

~ as ~

Gar Davis

Virginia Mayo

~ as ~

Celia Gray

Brian Keith

~ as ~

Clett

Richard Eyer

~ as ~

Chad Gray

Russ Conway

~ as ~

Sheriff of Largo

Michael Dante

~ as ~

Billings

John Cliff

~ as ~

Largo Refugee at Fort (uncredited)

John McKee

~ as ~

Largo Refugee at Fort (uncredited)

Bud Osborne

~ as ~

Largo Refugee at Fort (uncredited)

Roydon Clark

~ as ~

Largo Refugee at Fort (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 11 year(s) ago
7
Fifteen Bullets from Fort Dobbs.

Fort Dobbs is directed by Gordon Douglas and written by George W. George and Burt Kennedy. It stars Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo, Brian Keith, Richard Eyer, Russ Conway and Michael Dante. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by William H. Clothier.

After his appealing run in the TV series Cheyenne, it was inevitable that Clint Walker would make the transition to big screen fare. Here for his first feature length outing, we get the marker for his career that would follow. Never blessed with great acting talent, Walker was however a mighty presence, and handsome to boot, and he is the prime reason why Fort Dobbs is a better than average experience.

Plot basically has Walker as Gar Davis, a fugitive of justice who hooks up for a travelogue with Celia Grey (Mayo) and her son Chad (Eyer). Along the way there is Comanche peril, shifty companionship in the form of Clett (Keith) and a cunning twist that strains the relationship between Gar and the Greys. The wonderful Henry Repeater Rifle comes into play, very much so, and it provides some kinetic excitement, and it all builds to a rousing finale of explosions and stunts, while of course redemption and the truths will out. Clothier and Steiner further cement their reputations as skilled craftsmen, with the former beautifully realising the Kanab locations in black and white, and Douglas knows his way around a good honest Oater. 7/10