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1951 motion-picture show past John Rawlins

Fort Disobedience
Theatrical release poster
Directed past	John Rawlins
Screenplay by	Louis Lantz
Produced by	Frank Melford
Starring	Dane Clark Ben Johnson Peter Graves Tracey Roberts George Cleveland Ralph Sanford
Cinematography	Stanley Cortez
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Product company	Ventura Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	United Artists
Release engagement	October 9, 1951 (1951-10-09)
Running fourth dimension	82 minutes
Land	U.s.a.
Language	English

Fort Defiance is a 1951 American Western moving-picture show directed by John Rawlins and written by Louis Lantz. The flick stars Dane Clark, Ben Johnson, Peter Graves, Tracey Roberts, George Cleveland and Ralph Sanford. The film was released on Oct 9, 1951, past United Artists.^[ane] ^[2]

Plot [edit]

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Ben Shelby rides up to a cattle ranch outside Fort Disobedience, Arizona, looking for Johnny Tallon. He meets Johnny's brother, Ned, who informs him that according to a letter Johnny had written just after the finish of the Civil War, he should exist home shortly. As they are talking, the equus caballus Ned has been trying to saddle rears upward; he falls and Ben saves him from existence trampled. When he asks Ned why he did not exit of the way, Ned reveals that he is blind.

When Ned's uncle Charlie rides up, Ned introduces Ben as a friend of Johnny's. Charlie is grateful that Ned was unhurt by the equus caballus, but is fairly intent on Ben leaving quickly. After Ben helps run off two army veterans who testify upwardly trying to cheat Charlie and Ned out of a fair price for some cattle, Ben suggests he could stay to wait for Johnny and help the two men run the ranch. Out of Ned's earshot, Charlie tells Ben he would capeesh him not telling Ned the truth virtually Johnny. Ben says he has no intention of talking about Johnny Tallon.

Weeks laissez passer and Johnny does not show up; Ben and Ned become improve acquainted and Charlie is pleased with Ben's work. Ane 24-hour interval, Ned tells Ben virtually his ideas for the future, after Johnny returns, which include Ben becoming a partner or edifice his own house on property nearby. Ben is dismissive of these plans and this angers Ned, who says that, though he cannot see, he knows that something is "eatin'" Ben and he would similar to know what it is. Charlie interrupts this conversation, having returned from Fort Defiance, with news that Johnny has been shot expressionless while robbing a bank. Charlie so admits to Ned that he kept the truth about his brother from him, that since the end of the war he has been a gun-slinger and a robber. Now Ned understands that Ben came to kill Johnny and demands to know why. Ben reveals that he is the only survivor from his visitor of Arizona Volunteers which was wiped out at the Battle of Tennessee Ridge, three weeks before the war ended, due to a treasonous act by Johnny Tallon. Ben's own brother was also killed in this battle.

Later, in a saloon in the town of Fort Defiance, Ben begins writing a letter to his wife, Jane, to let her know he is finally coming home. As he considers his futurity, however, he decides to buy 250 caput of cattle and throw in with Ned and Charlie afterward all. He writes to Jane asking her to grab the side by side stage to Fort Disobedience. The three fix up a Christmas tree in apprehension of her arrival and look forward to their prosperous future together. Then, Dave Parker, owner of the saloon and the biggest ranch in the surface area, rides upward with a group of men. Ben had left behind in the saloon a half-written letter to his married woman, in which he had mentioned Johnny and the Tennessee Ridge disaster; this alphabetic character has been brought to Parker'south attention. He lost two brothers in that battle and now is ruthless in aiming to even things upwards a little by killing Ned Tallon. A gunfight ensues and, while Charlie tries to concord the men off, Ben and Ned ride away. Charlie is killed. A pursuit sees Ned and Ben ride into Navajo Canyon, where in that location is extreme danger because the regime is about to move the Indians to a reservation. Parker calls off the hunt, content to wait, and sends three men dorsum to coffin Charlie.

While Parker's men are engaged in that task, a man who is shortly revealed to exist Johnny Tallon, accompanied past a pal, Hankey, comes along. He extracts information from them concerning both Ned'due south whereabouts and how their uncle was killed. Johnny kills two of the men and tells the third one to inform Parker that Johnny Tallon is alive. Johnny and Hankey begin abaft Ned and Ben. During a break in their ride across the canyon, Ned tells Ben how Johnny had received a huge scar on his hand, fighting Parker's sons when they came afterward Ned in the saloon, beating him so badly he lost his sight. Ned hears horses budgeted, when Ben goes out to meet who it is, he finds out it is Johnny. They take a fistfight which is stopped merely when Hankey notices Indians some distance away. At first, Ned is unaware that his brother is there only, equally the Indians movement in to attack, he and Johnny struggle to silence a horse and Ned feels the scar. He demands to know if the story well-nigh Tennessee Ridge is true. Subsequently the Indians are dispatched, a fight during which Hankey is killed, Johnny explains that he had known the state of war was most to end and simply decided he was not going to die at that point for no reason. Johnny has money, from a robbery, to take Ned to San Francisco for eye surgery; Ned refuses to employ ill-gotten money.

As the three make their way through the coulee, the tension between Ben and Johnny remains. They spot a stagecoach being chased past Indians and movement in to help fight them off. Ben discovers that Jane may take been i of the passengers who decided not to risk the trip due to the Indian issue. On board is Julie, a trip the light fantastic hall girl, whom Ned begins to fall for. The next morning, the Indians assail once again. The group holds their own; the cavalry arrives and begins the motility of the Indians to the reservation. Ned notwithstanding refuses to accompany his blood brother to San Francisco, only Johnny forces him onto the stagecoach, knocks Ben out and leaves the commuter with him. Julie goes along. Inside the stagecoach office in Fort Disobedience, Ned draws a gun on Johnny and begs him to not make him go. Seeing Ned's genuine desire to stay with Ben and Julie, he goes to the saloon where he tells Parker's man that Parker "as of this minute" has bought the Tallon ranch. Johnny demands a beak of sale and all the money in the saloon's cash register and condom. Parker's human argues and Johnny shoots him downward. The bartender supplies Johnny with the coin and pecker of sale, which Johnny gives to Ben - who has recovered and made his mode to Fort Defiance - and so he and Ned can first their ranch partnership.

Parker arrives and demands both Ned and Johnny come up out. Johnny goes out, guns blazing and takes down all of Parker'due south men before existence shot dead past Parker. Ben then kills Parker. A stagecoach arrives and Jane is on lath. The four can now brainstorm their new life.

Cast [edit]

Dane Clark every bit Johnny Tallon
Ben Johnson equally Ben Shelby
Peter Graves as Ned Tallon
Tracey Roberts as Julie Morse
George Cleveland every bit Uncle Charlie Tallon
Ralph Sanford every bit Jed Brown, Stagecoach Driver
Atomic number 26 Eyes Cody as Brave Bear
Dennis Moore as Lt. Lucas
Craig Woods as Dave Parker
Dick Elliott as Kincaid
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower every bit Hankey
Phil Rawlins as Les
Jerry Ambler as Cheyenne
Kit Guard equally Tracy
Wes Hudman as Stranger
Hugh Hooker as Ed

References [edit]

^ "Fort Defiance (1951) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved Oct 19, 2014.
^ "Fort Defiance". TV Guide . Retrieved October 19, 2014.