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Fort Dobbs

"It took him forty bullets to get to Fort Dobbs... It took a thousand miracles to get him out!"

Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.

Top Cast

  • Clint Walker

    Clint Walker

    Gar Davis

  • Virginia Mayo

    Virginia Mayo

    Celia Gray

  • Brian Keith

    Brian Keith

    Clett

  • Richard Eyer

    Richard Eyer

    Chad Gray

  • Russ Conway

    Russ Conway

    Sheriff of Largo

  • Michael Dante

    Michael Dante

    Billings

  • John Cliff

    John Cliff

    Largo Refugee at Fort (uncredited)

  • John McKee

    John McKee

    Largo Refugee at Fort (uncredited)

  • Bud Osborne

    Bud Osborne

    Largo Refugee at Fort (uncredited)

Overview

Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.

Rating

6.8 / 10
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  • John Chard
    John Chard
    7 Dec 29, 2013

    Fifteen Bullets from Fort Dobbs. Fort Dobbs is directed by Gordon Douglas and written by George W. George and Burt Kennedy. It stars Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo, Brian Keith, Richard Eyer, Russ Conway and Michael Dante. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by William H. Clothier. After his appealing run in the TV series Cheyenne, it was inevitable that Clint Walker would make the transition to big screen fare. Here for his first feature length outing, we get the marker for his career that would follow. Never blessed with great acting talent, Walker was however a mighty presence, and handsome to boot, and he is the prime reason why Fort Dobbs is a better than average experience. Plot basically has Walker as Gar Davis, a fugitive of justice who hooks up for a travelogue with Celia Grey (Mayo) and her son Chad (Eyer). Along the way there is Comanche peril, shifty companionship in the form of Clett (Keith) and a cunning twist that strains the relationship between Gar and the Greys. The wonderful Henry Repeater Rifle comes into play, very much so, and it provides some kinetic excitement, and it all builds to a rousing finale of explosions and stunts, while of course redemption and the truths will out. Clothier and Steiner further cement their reputations as skilled craftsmen, with the former beautifully realising the Kanab locations in black and white, and Douglas knows his way around a good honest Oater. 7/10

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