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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
The Guns of Fort Petticoat was set during the Civil War in Murphy's home state of Texas, but was actually shot at the Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth, California, and at the Old Tucson Studios in Tucson, Arizona, between April 16 - May 18, 1956.
- George Marshall, Abner E. Singer
- Audie Murphy
Aug 6, 2017 · The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) Mark Franklin August 6, 2017 1950s. When Col. Chivington launches the Sand Creek Massacre, Lt. Frank Hewitt (Audie Murphy) deserts, convinced the massacre will start an Indian war that will threaten his home-state of Texas. And with their men off fighting for the South in the Civil War, the children and women ...
Feb 13, 2023 · 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...
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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.
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Lt. Frank Hewitt absconds from the Union Army to warn fellow Texans that Indian attacks are inevitable due to a massacre at Sand Creek. What he finds is that all the men are away fighting in the Confederate Army so the homesteaders are mainly made up of women.