This Fort Ti (1953) results to be a quickie with lack luster and low budget but it manages to be at least an enjoyable adventures movie because packing action enough , spectacular battles , sensational outdoors and outlandish cliffhanger situations abound . Exciting picture with open-air spectacular scenes starts depicting in a foreword : ¨This is a story of our early America..of the century of conflict with French and Indians .. when necessity made simple men, unknown to history, into giants in daring and endurance ¨. Set against the backdrop of the French and Indian war in colonial America, during Seven Years War , when the British soldiers attempt to route the French Army from Fort Ticonderoga. Meanwhile , General Amherst (Lester Matthews) and Major Rogers (Howard Pretie) , the Rangers' Chief, are taking the strategic fort , Capt. Jed Horn (George Montgomery) has to carry out a dangerous rescue of prisoners including his sister (Cicely Browne) and nephews . Along the way , Jed Horn in love with two gorgeous girls : Running Otter (Phyllis Fowler) and Fortune Mallory (Joan Vohs). You live it all ! 3 Dimensions . From the first kiss to last killing you live it in 3Dimensions . The first great outdoor epic in 3-Dimensions . The Frontier Flames ! .....as Roger's Rangers ride, fight and love...at the savage siege of Fort Ti! . Amazing Thrills in Color by Technicolor !
This stirring picture is packed with breathtaking battles , heroism , heartbreaking scenes and blood-letting deeds . These events describing the troop of Rogers' Rangers battling the hostile Indians and French Army were previouly depicted in the historical Northwest Passage (1940) by King Vidor based on the novel by American author Kenneth Roberts, portraying the happenings of Rogers' Rangers' raid on the Abenaki town of St. Francis . In this Fort Ti (1953) also appears the Roger's Rangers and their khaki green outfits, but we already knew them thanks to King Vidor who had made them the main characters in his film with Spencer Tracy who played Major Rogers , a role held here without much conviction by Howard Petrie . It is therefore better to turn again to this film in a completely different scale , that's why William Castle hasn't an epic meaning , neither rigor , whether in terms of writing or directing , the most obvious evidence being the regarding the Passage in a few sequences and from one shot to another , from one set piece to another without being ellipses, at all . Despite all this, we can nevertheless smile at the extreme naivety of certain scenes , at the sight of totally grotesque special effects like the lousy bats , or the botcher stuntmen sometimes seeming to jump on trampolines during action sequences lamentably filmed . And embarrassing in listening to the sharp accent of French soldiers or even the functional settings , made on the leftover sets from previous movies . In fact , the producer Sam Zimbalist (Robot Monster, Cat women of the moon ) is known for short-budget productions. He fashioned a group of films using stocks originally shot since former films . The brave starring is the good-looking George Montgomery, a famous actor of B movies . He was born to Ukranian immigrants and was a heavyweight boxer previously becoming a player . Plus was an excellent craftsman and built and designed homes, besides a self-taught artist creating bronze busts for notorious actors . He starred films around the world and diverse genres : Adventures (this one and Steel Claw) , Warlike ( Battle of Bulge and Hell of Borneo ) and especially Western ( Seminola, Fort Ti, Last of badmen, Durango) . The main cast and secondary support giving passable performances with special mention for prolific secondary Howard Petrie as Robert Rogers , Irving Bacon as Montgomery's sympathetic and hilarious colleague , capable actor Lester Matthews as General Amherst, James Seay as Montgomery's brother-in-law and Ben Astar as his friend Francois Leroy , Louis Miller as a French spy and the eye candy at the sight of the very pretty actress Joan Vohs , the only real compensation/consolation in front of so much mediocrity.
The motion picture was regularly directed by William Castle , holding a historical interest : to be the first film to be given a television screening in 3-D . Filmmaker Castle was an expert craftsman with some of the all-time great schlock names serving as the producer Sam Katzman and fondness for gimmicks as proved in his successful terror films such as : House of haunted hill , The Tingler , Mr Sardonicus , Strait-jacked , Homicidal , Macabre and 13 Ghosts . Castle emulated Alfred Hitchcock , this included the practice of appearing in the trailers, and even making cameo appearances in his films . In addition , he made several Westerns , such as : 1955 Duel on the Mississippi , 1955 The Gun That Won the West ,1955 El Americano , 1954 Masterson of Kansas , 1954 The Law vs. Billy the Kid , 1954 Jesse James vs. The Daltons , 1954 Battle of Rogue River , 1953 Fort Ti , 1951 cave of outlaws. Rating : 5.5/10 . Average but passable and acceptable.
This stirring picture is packed with breathtaking battles , heroism , heartbreaking scenes and blood-letting deeds . These events describing the troop of Rogers' Rangers battling the hostile Indians and French Army were previouly depicted in the historical Northwest Passage (1940) by King Vidor based on the novel by American author Kenneth Roberts, portraying the happenings of Rogers' Rangers' raid on the Abenaki town of St. Francis . In this Fort Ti (1953) also appears the Roger's Rangers and their khaki green outfits, but we already knew them thanks to King Vidor who had made them the main characters in his film with Spencer Tracy who played Major Rogers , a role held here without much conviction by Howard Petrie . It is therefore better to turn again to this film in a completely different scale , that's why William Castle hasn't an epic meaning , neither rigor , whether in terms of writing or directing , the most obvious evidence being the regarding the Passage in a few sequences and from one shot to another , from one set piece to another without being ellipses, at all . Despite all this, we can nevertheless smile at the extreme naivety of certain scenes , at the sight of totally grotesque special effects like the lousy bats , or the botcher stuntmen sometimes seeming to jump on trampolines during action sequences lamentably filmed . And embarrassing in listening to the sharp accent of French soldiers or even the functional settings , made on the leftover sets from previous movies . In fact , the producer Sam Zimbalist (Robot Monster, Cat women of the moon ) is known for short-budget productions. He fashioned a group of films using stocks originally shot since former films . The brave starring is the good-looking George Montgomery, a famous actor of B movies . He was born to Ukranian immigrants and was a heavyweight boxer previously becoming a player . Plus was an excellent craftsman and built and designed homes, besides a self-taught artist creating bronze busts for notorious actors . He starred films around the world and diverse genres : Adventures (this one and Steel Claw) , Warlike ( Battle of Bulge and Hell of Borneo ) and especially Western ( Seminola, Fort Ti, Last of badmen, Durango) . The main cast and secondary support giving passable performances with special mention for prolific secondary Howard Petrie as Robert Rogers , Irving Bacon as Montgomery's sympathetic and hilarious colleague , capable actor Lester Matthews as General Amherst, James Seay as Montgomery's brother-in-law and Ben Astar as his friend Francois Leroy , Louis Miller as a French spy and the eye candy at the sight of the very pretty actress Joan Vohs , the only real compensation/consolation in front of so much mediocrity.
The motion picture was regularly directed by William Castle , holding a historical interest : to be the first film to be given a television screening in 3-D . Filmmaker Castle was an expert craftsman with some of the all-time great schlock names serving as the producer Sam Katzman and fondness for gimmicks as proved in his successful terror films such as : House of haunted hill , The Tingler , Mr Sardonicus , Strait-jacked , Homicidal , Macabre and 13 Ghosts . Castle emulated Alfred Hitchcock , this included the practice of appearing in the trailers, and even making cameo appearances in his films . In addition , he made several Westerns , such as : 1955 Duel on the Mississippi , 1955 The Gun That Won the West ,1955 El Americano , 1954 Masterson of Kansas , 1954 The Law vs. Billy the Kid , 1954 Jesse James vs. The Daltons , 1954 Battle of Rogue River , 1953 Fort Ti , 1951 cave of outlaws. Rating : 5.5/10 . Average but passable and acceptable.