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The Guns of Fort Petticoat is a 1957 American Western film produced by Harry Joe Brown and Audie Murphy for Brown-Murphy Pictures. It was based on the 1955 short story " Petticoat Brigade" by Chester William Harrison (1913–1994) [ 2 ] that he expanded into a novelization for the film's release.
Lt. Frank Hewitt absconds from the Union Army to warn fellow Texans that Indian attacks are inevitable due to a massacre at Sand Creek. What he finds is that all the men are away fighting in the Confederate Army so the homesteaders are mainly made up of women.
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- Action, Romance, War
- George Marshall
- 1957-04
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.
- George Marshall
Jan 24, 2019 · It was based on a potentially interesting story by C William Harrison, who wrote up to 1200 novels, non-fiction books and pulp and slick magazine stories, often under the name of Will Hickok. This was the only one made into a movie as far as I know.
Nov 20, 2023 · The Guns of Fort Petticoat. By Jim McLennan November 20, 2023 Review. ★★★. “Skirts vs. ‘skins” This is one where you need to take the era into account. Made in 1957, this was based on a short story from a couple of years earlier: “Petticoat Brigade” by Chester William Harrison.
Apr 17, 2017 · The story is set in full Civil War time. Audie Murphy is Lt. Frank Hewitt, a guy from Dixie in Yankee service. When some Cheyenne braves leave their territory, Hewitt's commander, the racist Colonel John Chivington decides to punish them by attacking their virtually unprotected village.
Aug 6, 2017 · The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) Mark Franklin August 6, 2017 1950s. When Col. Chivington launches the Sand Creek Massacre, Lt. Frank Hewitt (Audie Murphy) deserts, convinced the massacre will start an Indian war that will threaten his home-state of Texas.
