Escape From Fort Bravo
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Movie Reviews of Escape From Fort Bravo
Movie Review: Escape From Fort Bravo
Summary: 5 Stars
A fine film typical of the good westerns made in the forties and fifties. William Holden is excellent as always.Movie Review: William Holden and Eleanor Parker in entertaining western adventure
Summary: 4 Stars
Normally I'm not much of a western fan, but I really took to ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the movie features one of my all-time favourite actresses, Eleanor Parker, in a lead role.
ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO (John Sturges, 1953), stars William Holden as Captain Roper, a merciless officer at Fort Bravo, in charge of a group of captive Confederate soldiers. The arrival of beautiful Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker) sidetracks Roper's attention long enough for Carla's boyfriend, Capt. John Marsh (John Forsythe) and three other prisoner soldiers (including William Demarest and William Campbell) to make their daring escape through the mercilous Arizona Desert...prowled by the equally unforgiving Mescalero Indians...
The amazing desert scenes were filmed on location in Death Valley - and something tells me that all the sweat seen on Holden & Co. was real! Eleanor Parker was the perfect actresss for Carla; she provides a fantastic ambiguous quality to the role, one of the things which marked her as one of the most talented--but sadly VERY underrated--stars of her generation. I also enjoyed the comic banter between the William Campbell and William Demarest characters.
The DVD from Warners features a basic, albeit unrestored print. Some reels look muddier and dirtier than other ones; and it sadly seems to be incorrectly framed. Colours appear fine, which is a relief considering that most of the movies filmed in the Ansco Color process haven't aged terribly well. The only extra is a trailer.
This movie is also available with another Eleanor Parker title ("Many Rivers to Cross") in Warner's "Western Classics" boxset which includes "The Law and Jake Wade", "Saddle the Wind", "The Stalking Moon", and the 1960 remake of "Cimarron".
Movie Review: Good Western - worth watching
Summary: 4 Stars
Escape from Fort Bravo is a good western, not a classic, but worth watching. William Holden is strong in the lead role. Set in Arizona during the Civil War, it is not a typical Western, but more along the lines of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, or Dark Command. The plot is interesting, the rest of the cast solid, and the action pretty decent (especially during the last 20 minutes). I liked the scenery that was used, but some of the footage came across as fuzzy, which was a little distracting. If you like Westerns, you will most likely enjoy this one, especially if you like William Holden. But, if you are looking for a classic western look somewhere else first.Movie Review: Nostalgia makes this fun
Summary: 4 Stars
William Holden is perhaps Hollywood's most underrated actor. Here he shines as Capt Roper the cynical Union soldier who is known for keeping prisoners in Fort Bravo. Despite his cynicism, he raises roses in the desolate Arizona desert.
This movie is a classic western with a love triangle, the battle-hardened soldier who falls in love and the manipulative woman who finds real romance in the least likely place. We also have a harrowing Indian attack.
Despite the cliches, I loved this movie because of Holden's performance. He does play the hardened soldier perfectly and that makes this interesting.
Movie Review: Escape from Ft Bravo-DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
This western DVD is a romantic adventure of the old western days and of the military in the still untamed West. It cast of characters are superb. I like Holden as the lead man, but I must admit that Eleanor Parker was the real reason that I like this western. She is quite lovely and I try to purchase any DVD movie that has her featured in it. My all time favorie, "The Naked Jungle". Escape from Ft Bravo is an excellend DVD western feature.