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Escape from Fort Bravo is a 1953 American Anscocolor Western film set during the American Civil War. Directed by John Sturges it stars William Holden, Eleanor Parker, and John Forsythe . Plot. Fort Bravo is a Union prison camp with a strict disciplinarian named Captain Roper ( William Holden ).
Escape from Fort Bravo ★★½ 1953. A Civil War era western set in an Arizona stockade. Holden is the hard-bitten Union cavalry officer who ruthlessly guards his Confederate prisoners, who are led by Forsythe.
Escape From Fort Bravo. Escape From Fort Bravo (1953) involves the escape of Confederate prisoners from a Union stockade in the Arizona Territory during the Civil War. As the film begins, Union Captain Roper (William Holden) leads Bailey (John Lupton), an escaped prisoner, back to Fort Bravo—making him walk across the Arizona desert at the end of a rope while Roper rides on horseback.
Nov 17, 2017 · Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) William Holden plays Capt. Roper, a no-nonsense Union cavalry commander stationed at a Western outpost in Arizona during the Civil War. The fort doubles as a Confederate prisoner of war camp, and Roper’s the man responsible for tracking down those who try to escape. Then lovely Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker ...
Escape from Fort Bravo: Directed by John Sturges. With William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest. 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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- Drama, Romance, Western
- John Sturges
- 1953-12-04
Sep 13, 2009 · Holden portrays a hard-edged Union cavalry officer stationed as a Confederate prison camp. Oh, and he has a reputation as a tough as nails officer with no love lost for his priosoners – actually early on he literally drags an escapee back into the compound tethered to his (Holden’s) horse.
Nov 7, 2015 · The story is set during the Civil War at a Union POW camp in the Arizona desert. The rebel prisoners outnumber the union troops but escape is futile. Captain Roper (William Holden) always drags his man back to the fort. Even if he didn’t, the desert is vast and inhabited by fierce Mescalero Indians.
