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Escape from Fort Bravo ()

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During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.
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Capt. Roper
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Carla Forester
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Capt. John Marsh
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Campbell
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Cabot Young
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Alice Owens
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Lt. Beecher
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Col. Owens
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Bailey
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carl Andre ...
Trooper (uncredited)
Walter Bacon ...
Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
Richard P. Beedle ...
Confederate Lieutenant (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley ...
Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
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Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Chaplain (uncredited)
Tom Coleman ...
Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
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Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
Jack Deery ...
Officer (uncredited)
Michael Dugan ...
Sims (uncredited)
Ken DuMain ...
Trooper (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Jones (uncredited)
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Mescalero Indian (uncredited)
Eloise Hardt ...
Girl (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
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Dr. Miller (uncredited)
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Kiowa Indian Scout (uncredited)
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Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
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Watson (uncredited)
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Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
Alex Montoya ...
Sgt. Chavez (uncredited)
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Symore (uncredited)
Phil Rich ...
Barman (uncredited)
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Trooper (uncredited)
Danny Sands ...
Trooper (uncredited)
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Union Soldier (uncredited)
Milan Smith ...
Mescalero Indian (uncredited)
Bert Spencer ...
Trooper (uncredited)
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Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)
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Eilota (uncredited)
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Sgt. Compton (uncredited)
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Girl in Bar (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Sturges

Written by

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Frank Fenton ... (screen play by)
 
Phillip Rock ... (story by) and
Michael Pate ... (story by)

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Nicholas Nayfack ... producer (produced by)

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Jeff Alexander

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Robert Surtees ... director of photography

Editing by

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George Boemler

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Alvord Eiseman ... color consultant

Art Direction by

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Malcolm Brown
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Ralph S. Hurst ... (as Ralph Hurst)
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

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Helen Rose ... (costumes: women)

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Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist
William Tuttle ... makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Arvid Griffen ... assistant director
Carl 'Major' Roup ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Frank Wesselhoff ... painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording supervisor
Kendrick Kinney ... sound (uncredited)
Finn Ulback ... sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Warren Newcombe ... special effects

Stunts

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Michael Dugan ... stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham ... stunts (uncredited)
Frank Matts ... stunts (uncredited)
Carl Pitti ... stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Jeff Alexander ... conductor (uncredited)
Will Beitel ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Gus Bivona ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Sam Freed Jr. ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Jakob Gimpel ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Alan Harshman ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Bernard Kundell ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Edgar Lustgarten ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Arthur Maebe ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Virginia Majewski ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Jack Marshall ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Lisa Minghetti ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Mel Pedesky ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Uan Rasey ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Milton Raskin ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Si Zentner ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Jimmy Zito ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

A ruthless Union captain is renowned throughout his prison fort as the toughest soldier in the business, capable of capturing every escaped convict under his supervision. However, when he falls in love with a visiting woman some of the prisoners seize the advantage and try to escape while he is in a more "mellow" mood. Written by Jonathon Dabell

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Taglines M.G.M.s Great Romance Excitingly photographed in Ansco Color. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Fort Bravo (United States)
  • Rope's End (United States)
  • Fort Bravo (France)
  • Fort Bravo (Spain)
  • Kahramanlar Geçidi (Turkey, Turkish title)
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Runtime
  • 99 min
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Budget $1,520,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The small pistol Carla has is called a pepperbox (or pepperpot). Each barrel is loaded individually and has to be manually rotated to be fired. These types of guns were invented in the 1830s and predate the modern revolver by just a few years. See more »
Goofs Capt. Roper is in a gunfight in Death Valley and is shot in the left shoulder. When riding into town his right arm is in a sling. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into How the West Was Won (1976). See more »
Soundtracks Yellow Stripes See more »
Quotes Cabot Young: You must have missed!
Campbell: Naw, we just killed the same one twice!
[takes aim and shoots Indian off his pony with one shot]
Campbell: See what I mean?
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