Fort Ti
| Fort Ti | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | William Castle |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Written by | Robert E. Kent (story & screenplay) |
| Starring |
George Montgomery Joan Vohs |
| Music by | Ross DiMaggio |
| Cinematography | Lester H. White, Lothrop B. Worth |
| Edited by | William A. Lyon |
Production company |
Esskay Pictures Co |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | May 29, 1953 |
Running time | 73 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.6 million |
Fort Ti(1953) is a 3-D Western film, and was the first Western film to be released in 3D. It was also the first 3-D feature to be released in Technicolor. Fort Ti was produced by Esskay Pictures Corporation, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures in the US.[1]
3-D supervision was by M.L. Gunzburg, creator of the Natural Vision 3-D system that had initiated the 3-D boom, previously used on Bwana Devil and House of Wax.[2]
The film is set during the French and Indian War.
It earned an estimated $2.6 million at the North American box office during its first year of release.[3]
Cast
- George Montgomery as Capt. Jedediah Horn
- Joan Vohs as Fortune Mallory
- Irving Bacon as Sgt. Monday Wash
- James Seay as Mark Chesney
- Ben Astar as François Leroy
- Phyllis Fowler as Running Otter
- Howard Petrie as Maj. Robert Rogers
- Cicely Browne as Bess Chesney
- Lester Matthews as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
- George Leigh as Capt. Delecroix
- Louis Merrill as Raoul de Moreau
- Rusty Hamer as Chesney child
References
- ↑ Company credits for Fort Ti at IMDB
- ↑ Fort Ti at the TCM Movie Database
- ↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
External links
- Fort Ti at the Internet Movie Database
- Fort Ti at the TCM Movie Database
- Fort Ti at American Film Institute