Fort Defiance
6.1
“'Kill or Die' Was the Indian Cry!”
It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to the cowardice of Tallon. Thinking Tallon dead, another man who lost a brother at the same battle arrives to kill Tallon's blind brother. Tallon arrives to find Shelby and his brother fleeing. Then they are attacked by Indians and Shelby and Tallon must now fight together postponing the inevitable showdown.
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Cast
18 people
Dane Clark
Johnny Tallon
Known for
Moonrise
A Stolen Life
Ben Johnson
Ben Shelby
Known for
Bonanza: The Return
Terror Train
Peter Graves
Ned Tallon
Known for
Airplane!
Mission: Impossible
Tracey Roberts
Julie
Also in
Murder Is My Beat
Go Naked in the World
George Cleveland
Uncle Charlie Tallon
Known for
Lassie
It Happened Tomorrow
Ralph Sanford
Jed Brown, Stagecoach Driver
Known for
Champion
Union Station
Iron Eyes Cody
Brave Bear (as Iron Eyes)
Known for
Ernest Goes to Camp
A Man Called Horse
Dennis Moore
Lt. Lucas
Known for
The Mummy's Curse
Craig Woods
Dave Parker
Known for
Angel and the Badman
Dick Elliott
Kincaid
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Christmas in Connecticut
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower
Hankey (as Bryan Hightower)
Also in
Flaming Feather
Phil Rawlins
Les (as David Rawlins)
Known for
Gun Fury
John Rawlins Director · Louis Lantz Writer Paul Sawtell Composer
United States release October 9, 1951 · Produced in United States · Production Ventura Pictures Corporation, United Artists Pictures
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United Artists
Production
Ventura Pictures Corporation
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 9, 1951
Theatrical
Germany
June 8, 1991 · TV · ARD
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