The Guns of Fort Petticoat
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Produced by |
Harry Joe Brown Audie Murphy |
| Written by | Walter Doniger |
| Based on |
The Guns of Fort Petticoat 1957 novel by C. William Harrison |
| Starring |
Audie Murphy Kathryn Grant Hope Emerson |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | Al Clark Gene Havlick |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,080,000 (US rentals) |
The Guns of Fort Petticoat is a 1957 Technicolor Western produced by Harry Joe Brown and Audie Murphy for Columbia Pictures. It was based on the 1955 short story "Petticoat Brigade" by Chester William Harrison (1913–1994) that he expanded into a novelization for the film's release. It was directed by George Marshall and filmed at the Iverson Movie Ranch and at Old Tucson. The working title of the film was Petticoat Brigade; screenwriter and television director Walter Doniger was originally set to have directed the film. The fictional story tells the tale of an Army deserter training a disparate group of women to be Indian fighters climaxing in a Battle of the Alamo type action.
In 1864, during the American Civil War, Texan Lt. Frank Hewitt (Audie Murphy) is serving with the U.S. Cavalry under Colonel John Chivington. On patrol, Hewitt meets a group of Indians who are unarmed and returning to the Sand Creek reservation which they were not supposed to leave. While being briefed by Hewitt, the colonel orders the attack known to history as the Sand Creek Massacre. Hewitt not only disagrees with the punishment of the Indians, but realizes they will use the attack as an excuse to unite and spread terror throughout the Southwest, including his own hometown in Texas which has been emptied of the majority of its men who are fighting for the Confederacy. Colonel Chivington sees Indian attacks on Texas as a bonus to create havoc in the Confederacy. Violently objecting, Hewitt is placed under arrest and confined to quarters.
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