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The Guns of Fort Petticoat

- GOOD WOMEN...BAD WOMEN...BRAWLING WOMEN...BRAVE WOMEN! They were all soldiers in skirts!

Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.

Release Date : 1957-04-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia PicturesBrown-Murphy Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Lt. Frank Hewitt

Original Name : Audie Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anne Martin

Original Name : Kathryn Grant

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hannah Lacey

Original Name : Hope Emerson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary Wheller

Original Name : Jeff Donnell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cora Melavan

Original Name : Jeanette Nolan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emmett Kettle

Original Name : Sean McClory

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hetty

Original Name : Ernestine Wade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucy Conover

Original Name : Peggy Maley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Charlotte Ogden

Original Name : Isobel Elsom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Stella Leatham

Original Name : Patricia Tiernan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bax Leatham

Original Name : Kim Charney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salt Pork

Original Name : Ray Teal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tortilla

Original Name : Nestor Paiva

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kipper

Original Name : James Griffith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nancy (uncredited)

Original Name : Pamela Baird

Gender : Female

Character Name : Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)

Original Name : John Dierkes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)

Original Name : Evelyn Finley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Blacksmith (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Hagney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yellow Horse (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Horvath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Well-Wishing Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Reed Howes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)

Original Name : Francis McDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Meredith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hazel McCasslin (uncredited)

Original Name : Madge Meredith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Col. Chivington (uncredited)

Original Name : Ainslie Pryor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Webber (uncredited)

Original Name : Hugh Sanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Lebbard (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Wyatt Sr.

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Alamo, Rorke's Drift, only with lots of cool women! Lt. Frank Hewitt absconds from the Union Army to warn fellow Texans that Indian attacks are inevitable due to a massacre at Sand Creek. What he finds is that all the men are away fighting in the Confederate Army so the homesteaders are mainly made up of women. Having to first earn their respect and trust, he convinces them to prepare for an Indian attack at a dilapidated mission station, teaching the majority of them to shoot and fend for themselves in hand to hand combat. Badly outnumbered when the day comes, it will take more than the hand of god to stop this from being another massacre to further darken the South. What an absolute blast this picture is, for sure it's steeped in "B" movie tropes, but led by the amiable Audie Murphy as Hewitt, the picture is certainly most engaging and never lets the discerning viewer down. Perhaps struggling to shake off the need to be overtly serious, it is none the less dramatic at times and not without serious moments that put the ladies of the piece firmly in a good light. It's not a feminist picture of course because the characters still need their men to be with them, while Hewitt naturally creates a little pitter-patter amongst some of the women. What the picture chiefly portrays is that these gals can step up to the plate when required, and more crucially, the film doesn't rely on sentimentality to raise the story's worth. Kathryn Grant (soon to me Mrs Bing Crosby), Hope Emerson, Jeanette Nolan, Peggy Maley and Patricia Tiernan are just some of the female cast that brighten up the play. From the intriguing training sequences as Hewitt gets tough with the gals, to the thrilling rush of the Indian attack on the mission, The Guns Of Fort Petticoat is a very enjoyable Western that most certainly doesn't waste the time of the viewer. 7/10