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Synopsis: Crude and uncivilized backwoods trapper Jed Cooper and his two partners sign up as scouts in a remote Oregon army fort, manned chiefly by untrained rookie soldiers. Jed, flirting with the idea of leading a more settled life, decides he needs a woman to start the process, and selects Corinna Marston, the beautiful young wife of Colonel Marston, commander of the next fort down the line. Marston arrives and announces to commanding officer Captain Riordan that he has lost his fort and most of his men to an Indian attack and that he, as ranking officer, is assuming command. Riordan, a young, but sensible officer, is outraged when he learns that Marston, posted out west for having lost his 1500-man command during a Civil War battle, has ordered the entire fort's complement, totally unprepared for combat and outnumbered, to march out against experienced Indian warriors.
Director(s): Anthony Mann
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.6
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Year:
1955
98 min
84 Views


- To other people.

Me, Gus and Mungo. We've lived like that.

Ain't we people?

You gotta have a family. A wife, children.

Do you?

- I hope to, if I ever get out of here.

- That's what I'm gonna do, Captain.

Find me a woman, make some children,

get married and become civilized.

I won't go fool around

with these fish anymore until I tell you first.

I guess that's the first step, Jed.

Anything from Fort Medford?

Not yet, Phil. We've been trying

to get through all evening.

Would you like a fish?

No, thank you.

I want to thank you for not telling

the Captain about me getting drunk.

He might've been disappointed.

As soon as the snow falls...

I'm gonna go up in the mountains

and get you a bear skin.

- It will keep you warm for the winter.

- That isn't necessary.

How else am I gonna make friends with you?

Is that really important?

Yes.

Sorry, Mrs. Marston.

We just can't get through.

I could've told you that. I saw the cut wires.

We'll know more

when Gus gets back with Mungo.

Gus ain't here?

- Where'd you send him?

- Fort Medford.

You know that Medford's done for

and you sent Gus and Mungo anyway?

Why?

- I wanna know why, Captain.

- Because they are scouts paid by the Army.

It's their job and their duty.

That's something you wouldn't understand.

Gus and Mungo do.

I might not understand you, Captain,

but I'm going after them.

I better find them healthy.

If I find your Colonel kicking around,

I'll bring him back, too.

What kept you?

It's all right, lads.

It's just a friend of mine

come to pay his respects.

- Where'd you pick up our trail?

- Fort Medford.

- You kind of ran into some trouble there?

- Aye.

- Red Cloud and his Tetons.

- Yeah, they kept coming for two days.

We couldn't hold so we shot our way out...

with what was left of us.

- What's the matter here?

- I got a rifle ball about two inches in.

- It's beginning to kick up a mite.

- It's probably trying to get out.

Where'd you come from?

Fort Shallan.

Stand up when I'm talking to you.

Col. Marston.

Sir, this is scout Jed Cooper.

He'll see us safe to Shallan.

Come here.

Where are the reinforcements from Shallan?

I requested 100 men.

I'm all there is, Colonel.

- Who sent you?

- Capt. Riordan.

You go back and tell this Capt. Riordan

I want 100 men.

- We'll wait right here until they come.

- You can't stay here, Colonel.

As soon as Red Cloud buries his dead,

he'll be hot on your trail again.

With 100 men...

I'll meet Red Cloud in his own front yard

and crush him.

- We're gonna retake Fort Medford.

- It's burned down.

We'll rebuild it.

You have your orders, Cooper.

Capt. Riordan won't sent a single man

out of Shallan unless I tell him to.

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Philip Yordan

Philip Yordan (April 1, 1914 – March 24, 2003) was an American screenwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s who also produced several films. He was also known as a highly regarded script doctor. Born to Polish immigrants, he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois and a law degree at Chicago-Kent College of Law. more…

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