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Nostalgia makes this fun
William Holden is perhaps Hollywood's most underrated actor. Here he shines as Capt Roper the cynical Union soldier who is known for keeping prisoners in Fort Bravo. Despite his cynicism, he raises roses in the desolate Arizona desert.
This movie is a classic western with a love triangle, the battle-hardened soldier who falls in love and the manipulative woman who finds real romance in the least likely place. We also have a harrowing Indian attack.
Despite the cliches, I loved this movie because of Holden's performance. He does play the hardened soldier perfectly and that makes this interesting.
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Escape from Ft Bravo-DVD
This western DVD is a romantic adventure of the old western days and of the military in the still untamed West. It cast of characters are superb. I like Holden as the lead man, but I must admit that Eleanor Parker was the real reason that I like this western. She is quite lovely and I try to purchase any DVD movie that has her featured in it. My all time favorie, "The Naked Jungle". Escape from Ft Bravo is an excellend DVD western feature.
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Better than average western
Very good film about the conflict and tensions between union army and southern prisoners during the Civil War. Minor flaws in the picture, such as weapons that were not issued until after the Civil War ended. However, William Holden is believable in this film and gives an excellent performance. The photography in Death Valley is outstanding.
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"William Holden Series ... Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) ... MGM (2008)"
MGM presents "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (9 December 1953) (98 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) -- Our story line and plot, In the Civil War, Fort Bravo is a prison camp for captured southerners --- Its isolated position and unfriendly natives make escape almost impossible, but anyone who tries is always brought back by by-the-book Captain Roper (William Holden) --- Another Captain John Marsh (John Forsythe) a Confederate and a group of prisoners hatch a plot to get away by bringing in a southern belle Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker) to distract Roper --- The plan seems to work, but the inhospitable desert, the murderous Indians, and - most importantly - the Colonel apparently wronged in love mean that this is only the start --- William Holden and John Forsythe both love Parker --- Besides the three main leads mentioned above, the supporting cast includes William Demerest, William Campbell, Richard Anderson, Polly Bergen, and in a pre "Broken Arrow" role, John Lupton --- Campbell and Demerest do provide some comic relief, playing off each other's abilities, but the lead actors do carry the picture and prevent it from becoming just another Cavalry-Indians western --- Filmed on location at California's Death Valley, "Escape from Fort Bravo" was co-written by Australian-born actor Michael Pate --- Another brilliant John Sturges film with excellent directing.
Under the production staff of:
John Sturges - Director
Nicholas Nayfack - Producer
Frank Fenton - Screenwriter
Michael Pate - Screen Story
Philip Rock - Screen Story
Robert Surtees - Cinematographer
Jeff Alexander - Songwriter / Composer (Music Score)
Stan Jones - Songwriter
George Boemler - Editor
Malcolm Brown - Art Director
Cedric Gibbons - Art Director
Ralph S. Hurst - Set Designer
Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer
Helen Rose - Costume Designer
Warren Newcombe - Special Effects
SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. William Holden (aka: William Franklin Beedle Jr.)
Date of Birth: 17 April 1918 - O'Fallon, Illinois
Date of Death: 16 November 1981 - Santa Monica, California
2. Eleanor Parker
Date of Birth: 26 June 1922 - Cedarville, Ohio
Date of Death: Still Living
3. John Forsythe (aka: John Lincoln Freund)
Date of Birth: 29 January 1918 - Penn's Grove, New Jersey
Date of Death: Still Living
4. John Sturges (Director)
Date of Birth: 3 January 1911 - Oak Park, Illinois
Date of Death: 18 August 1992 - San Luis Obispo, California
the cast includes:
William Holden ... Capt. Roper
Eleanor Parker ... Carla Forester
John Forsythe ... Capt. John Marsh
William Demarest ... Campbell
William Campbell ... Cabot Young
Polly Bergen ... Alice Owens
Richard Anderson ... Lt. Beecher
Carl Benton Reid ... Col. Owens
John Lupton ... Bailey
Fred Graham ... Jones
Charles Stevens ... Eilota
Glenn Strange ... Sgt. Compton
Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- If you're into the memories of B-Westerns with high drama, this is the one you've been anxiously waiting for --- please stand up and take a bow Western Classics --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 98 mins on DVD ~ Warner Home Video ~ (8/26/2008)
