Rating: NR
Genre: Western
Release Date: 08/26/2008
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS2.0
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

A nail-biting Indian deadlock remains the climax of this otherwise overly verbose Western filmed in M-G-M's then-new Ansco colors (forerunner of Eastmancolor). After ruthlessly dragging an escaped prisoner through the Arizona desert, Union Army Captain Roper (William Holden) suffers rebuke from both the rebel prisoners and his commanding officer (Carl Benton Reid). Things settles down a bit with the arrival of Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker), with whom Roper falls in love. But Carla proves to be a Confederate spy assigned to engender the escape of Captain Marsh (John Forsythe), the Rebel leader. The plan succeeds to a point but the escapees are hunted down by Roper and Lieutenant Beecher (Richard Anderson). Returning to Fort Bravo with his prisoners, Roper and his captives ride right into a Mescalero Apache hunting party. Filmed on location at California's Death Valley, Escape from Fort Bravo was co-written by Australian-born actor Michael Pate.

~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
William Holden - Capt. Roper
Eleanor Parker - Carla Forester
John Forsythe - Capt. John Marsh
William Demarest - Campbell
William Campbell - Cabot Young
John Lupton - Bailey
Richard Anderson - Lt. Beecher
Polly Bergen - Alice Owens
Carl Benton Reid - Col. Owens

Production:
John Sturges - Director
Nicholas Nayfack - Producer
Jeff Alexander - Composer
George Boemler - Editor
Frank Fenton - Screen Writer
Ralph S. Hurst Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer
Cedric Gibbons - Art Director
Malcolm Brown - Art Director
Robert Surtees - Cinematographer
Helen Rose - Costume Designer
Michael Pate - Screen Story
Philip Rock - Screen Story
Jeff Alexander - Songwriter
Warren Newcombe - Special Effects
Stan Jones - Songwriter

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