Escort West (1958)

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  • ESCORT WEST


    DIRECTED BY FRANCIS D. LYON
    PRODUCED BY NATE H. EDWARDS/ ROBERT E. MORRISON/ JOHN WAYNE
    BATJAC/ ROMINA PRODUCTIONS/ UNITED ARTISTS


    Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas


    Information From IMDb


    Plot Summary
    In 1865 in Nevada, former Confederate Captain Ben Lassiter and his daughter Abbey travel through Modoc territory on their way to Oregon. At Fenniman's Station they stop for a meal, a bath and supplies. Inside the way-station, a group of Union soldiers,
    led by Lieutenant Weeks, are enjoying a meal. The patrol escorts an
    Army payroll and two sisters to meet another patrol, led by Captain Howard Poole.
    One of the sisters, Beth Drury, is engaged to Poole.
    The other sister, Martha Drury, is bitter at having lost her fiance during the
    American Civil War.
    When Ben Lassiter and his daughter sit for a meal inside the way-station,
    Martha Drury reacts badly toward the former Confederate officer and asks the Union patrol to arrest Lassiter.
    However, the Union patrol commander explains the civil war is over, shrugs Martha's suggestion off and orders the patrol to move on. Unknown to them, the Modocs have already set up a nearby ambush while other Modocs have surrounded Captain Poole's troop,
    Written by nufs68


    Full Cast
    Victor Mature ... Ben Lassiter
    Elaine Stewart ... Beth Drury
    Faith Domergue ... Martha Drury
    Reba Waters ... Abbey Lassiter
    Noah Beery Jr. ... Lt. Jamison
    Leo Gordon ... Trooper Vogel
    Rex Ingram ... Nelson Walker
    John Hubbard ... Lt. Weeks
    Harry Carey Jr. ... Trooper Travis
    Slim Pickens ... Corporal Wheeler
    Roy Barcroft ... Sgt. Doyle
    William Ching ... Capt. Howard Poole
    Ken Curtis ... Trooper Burch
    Claire Du Brey ... Mrs. Kate Fenniman
    Syd Saylor ... Elwood Fenniman
    X Brands ... Tago
    Chuck Hayward ... Indian
    Charles Soldani ... Indian


    Writing Credits
    Leo Gordon writer
    Fred Hartsook writer
    Steve Hayes story


    Original Music
    Henry Vars


    Cinematography
    William H. Clothier


    Filming Locations
    Malibu, California, USA
    Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
    Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Bell Moving Picture Ranch, Simi Hills, California, USA
    (fake rock bridge sequence atop Rocky Hill


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Escort West is a 1958 film
    starring Victor Mature and Elaine Stewart


    Produced by Duke's brother Robert E. Morrison, for
    John Wayne's Batjac Productions.
    As could be expected 'Pals' of Duke in attendance,
    William H. Clothier on camera.also starring,
    Noah Beery Jr.,Leo Gordon , Harry Carey Jr.
    Slim Pickens, Ken Curtis ,Chuck Hayward



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    This trite, low-budget Western stars Victor Mature as Ben Lassiter, a former Confederate soldier who is traveling to the Western U.S. with his daughter, Abbey (Reba Waters), just after the Civil War. Their journey is interrupted by a group of Union soldiers on patrol and the recent war casts its shadow over this encounter. Beth Drury (Elaine Stewart) is riding along with the group of Union soldiers and soon she and Lassiter become romantically entangled. Throw in her rabid anti-Confederate sister and a few hostile Native Americans, and the story is complete with the usual characters and antagonisms


    User Review

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    2 July 2010 | by bobbobwhite (san ramon ca)


    Oh, yeah, story was formula hero western and nothing special other than for the long list of western
    legends like Slim Pickens and Harry Carrey, Jr. and the drama queen antics of Ms. Dommergue.
    She was surely the film world's best pouter.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 3 times, last by ethanedwards ().