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There are four nasty men in this film as well. Sean McClory plays a no good rat of a human being who's impregnated Jeff Donnell and runs out on her. Then there are three of the nastiest outlaws you'd ever want to meet in James Griffith, Nestor Paiva, and Ray Teal. Audie and the women have to deal with them also.
None of the performances stand out, although Hope Emerson, who is roughly the size of the Colossus of Rhodes, is unforgettable as always. Man, you ought to see her in "Cry of the City." Whew. Love Triangle: Frank's affections are split between his childhood sweetheart Stella Leatham, who married a Confederate soldier after Frank left to go fight for the Union, and Anne Martin, a spitfire tomboy he first meets when he's warning everyone. As heroic characters having an extramarital affair was a no-no in a 1957 American movie, Anne wins Frank's heart in the end, while he tells Stella that the two of them together would be wrong. An earlier reviewer writes that the title of this Audie Murphy oater suggests a comedy--"F Troop" meets "Petticoat Junction." He can be forgiven this wit since both of those sitcom inanities post-date this western by many years. The fictional story tells the tale of an Army deserter training a disparate group of women to become Indian fighters climaxing in a Battle of the Alamo-type action. What an absolute blast this picture is, for sure it's steeped in "B" movie tropes, but led by the amiable Audie Murphy as Hewitt, the picture is certainly most engaging and never lets the discerning viewer down. Perhaps struggling to shake off the need to be overtly serious, it is none the less dramatic at times and not without serious moments that put the ladies of the piece firmly in a good light. It's not a feminist picture of course because the characters still need their men to be with them, while Hewitt naturally creates a little pitter-patter amongst some of the women. What the picture chiefly portrays is that these gals can step up to the plate when required, and more crucially, the film doesn't rely on sentimentality to raise the story's worth.The Cast Answered the Challenge with a Bravado that is Charming and Engaging. There's Not a Wink-Link in the Chain of Actresses Asked to Flip Expectations on its Head. His command includes a former girlfriend named Stella, a spunky brunette named Anne, a religious woman named Cora, an older southern belle named Charlotte, an unmarried pregnant woman named Mary, and a tough-as-nails older woman named Hannah, who has outlived three husbands and earns the rank of “sergeant.” This movie breaks this unspoken code: highly successfully and entertainingly.In fact it states quite blankly that all women are as good as any man; including in the ability to fight to the death and the last bullet. a b "New Art Display Opens at Gallery". The News and Observer. North Carolina, Raleigh. June 11, 1953. p.3 . Retrieved April 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com. Before Pryor acted in films, he performed on stage. [2] He organized a school and community theater while he worked in Greenville. [3] He also managed and directed a little theater group in Raleigh, North Carolina. [2] For three years he acted in The Lost Colony in Manteo, North Carolina, where he befriended Andy Griffith. His performances there, observed by actor Charles Laughton and producer Paul Gregory, led to his Broadway debut as the prosecuting attorney in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. [5] Film and television [ edit ]
On television, Pryor portrayed Dr. William Beaumont in the "Who Search for Truth" episode of Medic (1956). [6] He also appeared in the series' Ford Star Jubilee, Steve Donovan, Western Marshal, Lux Video Theatre, Front Row Center, You Are There, Medic, Wire Service, Sheriff of Cochise, Meet McGraw, Sugarfoot, Gunsmoke (In 1957 as “Cole Yankton”, an outlaw who had been Kitty’s first love in S3E4’s Kitty’s Outlaw”), Suspicion, Cheyenne, Studio One, General Electric Theater, Playhouse 90 and The Adventures of Hiram Holliday. [7] Personal life and death [ edit ] It's a Brilliant Manipulation with Unexpected and Overwhelming Entertainment. This One Rises to the Top of the Decades Fixation on the Genre. After a lot of convincing he's got himself a female troop that proves themselves quite worthy standing up to Indians and renegade white men. a b c d "Ainslie Pryor dies; 'Caine' prosecutor". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 29, 1958. p.27 . Retrieved April 15, 2022.
The photography looks hasty, and probably was. The settings -- Old Tucson with its faux adobe walls -- is attractive enough, but there is a scene in which Sean McClory, as a cowardly traitor, is talking to his girl friend through the barred windows of a jail. The young lady is standing outside and is adequately lighted but McClory is in this dark dump and no viewer could help experiencing a susurrus of disquiet while thinking, "Hey, that guy in the jail has an orange light shining on him from inside!" What I mean is, it's pretty clumsy. Many of the same elements populate both movies, particularly in how the man trains the women, who grow beyond his tutelage (and leadership) after overcoming difficult odds, but "Fort Petticoat" manages to come up with a few new turns of its own.
The Guns at Fort Petticoat is one of Audie Murphy's best B westerns in his career. Murphy turned out to be a real acting talent, if he hadn't been, his career wouldn't have lasted as long as it did. Since he’s wearing Union blue, the Texas ladies are reluctant to listen to anything Hewitt has to say.It's the Civil War period and Colonel Chivington has just wiped out an Indian village. This brutality puts the white man in disfavor with the Comanche and provides them with a revenge motive. Lieutenant Audie Murphy deserts his command and rides to Texas to warn the settlers. He winds up at a decrepit mission in the middle of nowhere. It's occupied only by about two dozen women and a few kids. Murphy's job? To whip these women out of their winsome civilian ways and make soldiers out of them.
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