Escape from Fort Bravo

film by Sturges [1953]

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Escape from Fort Bravo is a 1953 American western film directed by John Sturges. The movie stars William Holden and Eleanor Parker and depicts the U.S. cavalry battling Native Americans. Sturges was known for his taut war movies and westerns, with other notable films including Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Magnificent Seven (1960), and The Great Escape (1963).12

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Escape from Fort Bravo (1953), however, was better, a solid western about the U.S. cavalry battling Native Americans; it starred William Holden and Eleanor Parker.
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Escape from Fort Bravo (1953), however, was better, a solid western about the U.S. cavalry battling Native Americans; it starred William Holden and Eleanor Parker.
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