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The Guns of Fort Petticoat is a 1957 American Western film produced by Harry Joe Brown and Audie Murphy for Brown-Murphy Pictures. It was based on the 1955 short story "Petticoat Brigade" by Chester William Harrison (1913–1994) that he expanded into a novelization for the film's release.
Lt. Frank Hewitt deserts the Union Army to warn former Texas neighbors of impending Indian attacks triggered by Army massacre. He overcomes initial distrust and convinces the homesteaders (all women whose men are away fighting in the Confederate Army) to take refuge in an abandoned mission.
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- Action, Romance, War
- George Marshall
- 1957-04
Dec 17, 2020 · Plot: Union Army deserter, Lt. Hewitt, trains a rag tag band of all-female homesteaders to defend themselves against a Comanche tribe on the warpath .--IMDb. Storyline: Lt. Frank Hewitt deserts the Union Army to warn former Texas neighbors of impending Indian attacks triggered by Army massacre.
A flawed but fascinating outlier in the still-emerging canon of feminist Westerns, The Guns Of Fort Petticoat tells the story of a baby-faced deserter (Audie Murphy) who, towards the end of the Civil…
- George Marshall
- Michael Ewins
The Guns of Fort Petticoat was originally to be directed by screenwriter and television director Walter Doniger, but the better known George Marshall took over. Doniger's script, based on the short story Petticoat Brigade by C. William Harrison, was retained.
- George Marshall, Abner E. Singer
- Audie Murphy
Story. Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however.
Jan 24, 2019 · It was based on a potentially interesting story by C William Harrison, who wrote up to 1200 novels, non-fiction books and pulp and slick magazine stories, often under the name of Will Hickok. This was the only one made into a movie as far as I know.
