FURY AT FURNACE CREEK
DIRECTED BY HAROLD BRUCE HUMBERSTONE
PRODUCED BY DARRYL F. ZANUCK
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the calvary, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason. The general's 2 sons, Cash Blackwell and Capt. Rufe Blackwell, each with a different disposition, go about trying to find evidence to clear their father's name.
Written by Robert
Cast
Victor Mature ... Cash Blackwell / Tex Cameron
Coleen Gray ... Molly Baxter
Glenn Langan ... Capt. Rufe Blackwell / Sam Gilmore
Reginald Gardiner ... Capt. Grover A. Walsh
Albert Dekker ... Edward Leverett
Fred Clark ... Bird
Charles Kemper ... Peaceful Jones
Robert Warwick ... Gen. Fletcher Blackwell
George Cleveland ... Judge
Roy Roberts ... Al Shanks
Willard Robertson ... Gen. Leads
Griff Barnett ... Appleby
and many more...
Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Writing Credits
Charles G. Booth ... (written by)
Winston Miller ... (additional dialogue)
David Garth ... (story)
Produced
Fred Kohlmar ... producer
Darryl F. Zanuck ... executive producer (uncredited)
Music
David Raksin
Cinematography
Harry Jackson
Trivia
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 10, 1949 with Victor Mature, Charles Kemper and Reginald Gardiner reprising their film roles.
Goofs
Revealing mistakes
When Tex Cameron was driving the open buggy through the desert talking to Molly, the carriage seemed to be moving at about 40 miles an hour. Yet there was not even breeze of wind on their faces, indicating they were on a sound stage.
Filming Locations
Kanab Movie Fort, Kanab, Utah, USA
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