The Guns of Fort Petticoat( 1957)

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GOOD WOMEN...BAD WOMEN...BRAWLING WOMEN...BRAVE WOMEN! They were all soldiers in skirts!

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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.

Top Billed 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)
John Dierkes
Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
Evelyn Finley
Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
Yellow Horse (uncredited)
Reed Howes
Well-Wishing Officer (uncredited)
Francis McDonald
Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
Charles Meredith
Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Madge Meredith
Hazel McCasslin (uncredited)
Ainslie Pryor
Col. Chivington (uncredited)
Hugh Sanders
Sgt. Webber (uncredited)
Al Wyatt Sr.
Sgt. Lebbard (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Mon Sep 09 2019

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 ha...