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ActionWarWestern

Revolt at Fort Laramie

- ...THIS TIME IT WAS DIFFERENT...THIS TIME SOLDIER WAS MASSACRING SOLDIER IN A FLAMING REBELLION AT FORT LARAMIE!

At the breaking of the Civil War the garrison of Fort Laramie splits between the sympathezers of the two different factions, but when the fort is attacked by the Sioux, they unite their forces to fight them.

Release Date : 1957-03-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Bel-Air ProductionsUnited Artists

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

John Dehner

Character Name : Maj. Seth Bradner

Original Name : John Dehner

Gender : Male

Gregg Palmer

Character Name : Capt. James 'Jamie' Tenslip

Original Name : Gregg Palmer

Gender : Male

Frances Helm

Character Name : Melissa Bradner

Original Name : Frances Helm

Gender : Female

Don Gordon

Character Name : Jean Salignac

Original Name : Don Gordon

Gender : Male

Robert Keys

Character Name : Sgt. Darrach

Original Name : Robert Keys

Gender : Male

Robert Knapp

Character Name : Lt. Chick Waller

Original Name : Robert Knapp

Gender : Male

Eddie Little Sky

Character Name : Red Cloud

Original Name : Eddie Little Sky

Gender : Male

Harry Dean Stanton

Character Name : Rinty

Original Name : Harry Dean Stanton

Gender : Male

William Phillips

Character Name : Serrell

Original Name : William Phillips

Gender : Male

Kenne Duncan

Character Name : Capt. Foley

Original Name : Kenne Duncan

Gender : Male

Sterling Franck

Character Name : Ezra

Original Name : Sterling Franck

Gender : Male

Clay Randolph

Character Name : Caswell

Original Name : Clay Randolph

Gender : Male

Reviews

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John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Not revolting at all. Revolt at Fort Laramie is directed by Lesley Selander and written by Robert C. Dennis. It stars John Dehner, Gregg Palmer, Frances Helm, Don Gordon and Robert Keys. Music is by Les Baxter and cinematography by William Margulies. Upon watching this above average Oater one word kept coming to mind, brief! Be it the battle scenes, the finale and of course the running time, it'as all so brief. Which when you have such a powder-keg premise at the core of the pic, is hugely annoying. We have the Fort of the title made up of Southern and Northern soldiers, all standing together to repel the Red Cloud led Sioux Army. Then the First Battle of Fort Sumter opens on April 12, 1861, and what was once a harmonious force is now divided. Into the mix is shifty shenanigans involving gold, a lovers relationship under strain and murder! If only we could have had a bigger budget, another thirty minutes run time, and someone to throw a firecracker over it and BOOM! Still, it's an entertaining piece with well staged battles - one a siege and one on the river - good scenes such as the opposing soldiers singing against each other with their respective "homeland" anthems, and fun moments like Dehner's Major Bradner being restrained in leg irons to stop him sleepwalking to his doom! Baxter's score is mostly standard stuff but occasionally shows inspiration like incorporating the said North/South anthems, while the Kanab locations are beautifully utilised (so not Laramie then? So what). If only everything wasn't so brief. Grrrr. 6/10