Fort Yuma (film)
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| Directed by | Lesley Selander |
| Produced by | Aubrey Schenck |
| Written by | Danny Arnold |
| Starring | Peter Graves |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 78 min |
| Country | United States |
Fort Yuma is a 1955 Cavalry Western film starring Peter Graves.
Plot
Peter Graves is Lieutenant Ben Keegan in the U.S. Cavalry fighting Apache Indians.
Production
The film was edited before release with many violent scenes being excised.[1]
The film was originally denied a seal from the Production Code Administration. Geoffrey Shurlock told producer Howard W. Koch that it contained "sadism and excessive gruesomeness". To get a seal, Koch reduced the number of killings from 24 to 10. Removed were scenes where a man is spread-eagled and torn apart by horses; an arrow impaling a hand to wood; and a scene depicting the bodies of hanged Indians, swaying from tree limbs.[2]
Starring
- Peter Graves as the Lt. Ben Keegan
- Joan Vohs as Melanie Crown
- John Hudson as Sgt. Jonas
- Joan Taylor as Francesca
- James O'Hara as Cpl. Taylor
Notes
- ↑ p. 142 Goldstein, Jeffrey H. Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment Oxford University Press, 1998
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048090/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
References
- Langman, Larry & Borg, Ed Encyclopedia of American War Films Garland Publ., 1989
- Wetta, Frank Joseph & Curley, Stephen J. Celluloid Wars: A Guide to Film and the American Experience of War Greenwood Publishing Group, 01/01/1992
- Fort Yuma at the Internet Movie Database
- Fort Yuma at the TCM Movie Database