Fort Osage (film) explained

Fort Osage
Director:Lesley Selander
Producer:Walter Mirisch
Starring:Rod Cameron
Jane Nigh
Morris Ankrum
Music:Marlin Skiles
Cinematography:Harry Neumann
Editing:Richard V. Heermance
Studio:Monogram Pictures
Distributor:Monogram Pictures
Runtime:72 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Fort Osage is a 1952 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Rod Cameron, Jane Nigh and Morris Ankrum. The film takes its name from the historical Fort Osage.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Dave Milton.

Plot

Fort Osage based Arthur Pickett and George Keane are living high off the hog charging exorbitant fees for wagons waiting to travel westward to California. The final wagon train of the year is awaiting its experienced wagon master Tom Clay. Clay witnesses an Osage Indian attack on a lone wagon and warns Pickett and Keane that no wagons can leave as long as the Indians are on the warpath. Clay wonders what drove the once peaceful Osage to attacks, but Pickett isn't Keane for Clay to discover the reasons.

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Notes and References

  1. Gevinson p.350