Fort Osage is a 1952 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Rod Cameron, Jane Nigh and Morris Ankrum. The film takes its name from the historical Fort Osage.[1]

Fort Osage
Original film poster
Directed byLesley Selander
Written byDaniel B. Ullman
Produced byWalter Mirisch
StarringRod Cameron
Jane Nigh
Morris Ankrum
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byRichard V. Heermance
Music byMarlin Skiles
Production
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Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • February 10, 1952 (1952-02-10)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film's sets were designed by the art director Dave Milton.

Plot

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Fort Osage based Arthur Pickett and George Keane are living high off the hog charging exorbitant fees for wagons waiting to travel westward to California. The final wagon train of the year is awaiting its experienced wagon master Tom Clay. Clay witnesses an Osage Indian attack on a lone wagon and warns Pickett and Keane that no wagons can leave as long as the Indians are on the warpath. Clay wonders what drove the once peaceful Osage to attacks, but Pickett isn't Keane for Clay to discover the reasons.

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References

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  1. ^ Gevinson p.350

Bibliography

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  • Alan Gevinson. Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press, 1997.
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