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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