Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 · Movie · NR · 99 min · ★ 6.3 · 59% critics
During the Civil War, a visiting Southern woman helps a group of Confederate prisoners flee a remote Union fort in the Arizona desert. What starts as a jailbreak turns into a tense fight for survival as pursuers and escapees face the brutal landscape and a deadly threat beyond the walls.
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Details
- Years
- 1953
- Release date
- 1953-12-04
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 59/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (84 votes)
About
You might like this if you enjoy classic Westerns with Civil War tension, desert danger, and a tougher edge, somewhere between Rawhide and The Law and Jake Wade; Not for you if slow romantic detours test your patience.
Pros: strong desert atmosphere; solid final stretch; effective lead performances | Cons: slow romance subplot; uneven pacing; dated portrayal of Native people
Themes
- escape
- cavalry
- confederate
- american civil war
Cast & crew
William Holden
as Captain Roper
Eleanor Parker
as Carla Forester
John Forsythe
as Captain Marsh
William Demarest
as Campbell
William Campbell
as Cabot Young
Polly Bergen
as Alice Owens
Richard Anderson
as Lieutenant Beecher
Carl Benton Reid
as Colonel Owens
John Lupton
as Bailey
Howard McNear
as Watson (uncredited)
Directed by John Sturges