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01/04/1957 Western, Action, War 1h 22m
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GOOD WOMEN...BAD WOMEN...BRAWLING WOMEN...BRAVE WOMEN! They were all soldiers in skirts!

Overview

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.

  1. George Marshall

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Audie Murphy

    Lt. Frank Hewitt

  2. Kathryn Grant

    Anne Martin

  3. Hope Emerson

    Hannah Lacey

  4. Jeff Donnell

    Mary Wheller

  5. Jeanette Nolan

    Cora Melavan

  6. Sean McClory

    Emmett Kettle

  7. Ernestine Wade

    Hetty

  8. Peggy Maley

    Lucy Conover

  9. Isobel Elsom

    Mrs. Charlotte Ogden

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-09-09
Alamo, Rorke's Drift, only with lots of cool women!

Lt. Frank Hewitt absconds from the Union Army to warn fellow Texans that Indian attacks are inevitable due to a massacre at Sand Creek. What he finds is that all the men are away fighting in the Confederate Army so the homesteaders are mainly made up of women. Having to first earn their respect and trust, he convinces them to prepare for an Indian attack at a dilapidated mission station, teaching the majority of them to shoot and fend for themselves in hand to hand combat. Badly outnumbered when the day comes, it will take more than the h...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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