The Guns of Fort Petticoat
“GOOD WOMEN...BAD WOMEN...BRAWLING WOMEN...BRAVE WOMEN! They were all soldiers in skirts!”
1957•NR•1h 22m•6.3•Released
WesternActionWar
Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.
Director
George Marshall
Writer
Walter Doniger
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Audie Murphy
Lt. Frank Hewitt
Kathryn Grant
Anne Martin
Hope Emerson
Hannah Lacey
Jeff Donnell
Mary Wheller
Jeanette Nolan
Cora Melavan
Sean McClory
Emmett Kettle
Ernestine Wade
Hetty
Peggy Maley
Lucy Conover
Isobel Elsom
Mrs. Charlotte Ogden
Patricia Tiernan
Stella Leatham
Kim Charney
Bax Leatham
Ray Teal
Salt Pork
Nestor Paiva
Tortilla
James Griffith
Kipper
Pamela Baird
Nancy (uncredited)
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Company
Brown-Murphy Pictures
Producer
Harry Joe Brown
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