Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

M-G-M's Great Romance Excitingly photographed in Ansco Color

1953 · 99 min · ★ 6.3 · Western

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

Directed by John Sturges · Written by Phillip Rock

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