The Guns of Fort Petticoat poster

The Guns of Fort Petticoat( 1957)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Audie Murphy

      Lt. Frank Hewitt

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      Kathryn Grant

      Anne Martin

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      Hope Emerson

      Hannah Lacey

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      Jeff Donnell

      Mary Wheller

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      Jeanette Nolan

      Cora Melavan

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      Sean McClory

      Emmett Kettle

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      Ernestine Wade

      Hetty

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      Peggy Maley

      Lucy Conover

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      Isobel Elsom

      Mrs. Charlotte Ogden

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      Patricia Tiernan

      Stella Leatham

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      Kim Charney

      Bax Leatham

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      Ray Teal

      Salt Pork

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      Nestor Paiva

      Tortilla

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      James Griffith

      Kipper

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      Pamela Baird

      Nancy (uncredited)

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      John Dierkes

      Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)

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      Evelyn Finley

      Blonde in Combat Practice (uncredited)

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      Frank Hagney

      Blacksmith (uncredited)

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      Charles Horvath

      Yellow Horse (uncredited)

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      Reed Howes

      Well-Wishing Officer (uncredited)

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      Francis McDonald

      Col. Chivington's Aide (uncredited)

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      Charles Meredith

      Commanding Officer (uncredited)

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      Madge Meredith

      Hazel McCasslin (uncredited)

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      Ainslie Pryor

      Col. Chivington (uncredited)

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      Hugh Sanders

      Sgt. Webber (uncredited)

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      Al Wyatt Sr.

      Sgt. Lebbard (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    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...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • fort
    • texas
    • feminist
    • massacre
    • defector
    • american civil war
    • technicolor
    • warpath