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Fort Defiance

  • 19511951
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Dane Clark and Tracey Roberts in Fort Defiance (1951)
Western
A former Civil War solider bent on killing the man whose surrender got his brother killed, later finds out a rancher wants that same man and his blind brother killed.A former Civil War solider bent on killing the man whose surrender got his brother killed, later finds out a rancher wants that same man and his blind brother killed.A former Civil War solider bent on killing the man whose surrender got his brother killed, later finds out a rancher wants that same man and his blind brother killed.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
412
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
66,819
8,483
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    • Director
      • John Rawlins
    • Writer
      • Louis Lantz
    • Stars
      • Dane Clark
      • Ben Johnson
      • Peter Graves
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    • Director
      • John Rawlins
    • Writer
      • Louis Lantz
    • Stars
      • Dane Clark
      • Ben Johnson
      • Peter Graves
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    • 10User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Fort Defiance (1951)
    Fort Defiance (1951)
    Fort Defiance (1951)
    Fort Defiance (1951)
    Peter Graves and Tracey Roberts in Fort Defiance (1951)
    Fort Defiance (1951)
    Fort Defiance (1951)
    Fort Defiance (1951)
    Peter Graves and Tracey Roberts in Fort Defiance (1951)
    Peter Graves and Tracey Roberts in Fort Defiance (1951)

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    Dane Clark
    Dane Clark
    • Johnny Tallon
    Ben Johnson
    Ben Johnson
    • Ben Shelby
    Peter Graves
    Peter Graves
    • Ned Tallon
    Tracey Roberts
    Tracey Roberts
    • Julie Morse
    George Cleveland
    George Cleveland
    • Uncle Charlie Tallon
    Ralph Sanford
    Ralph Sanford
    • Jed Brown - Stagecoach Driver
    Iron Eyes Cody
    Iron Eyes Cody
    • Brave Bear
    • (as Iron Eyes)
    Dennis Moore
    Dennis Moore
    • Lt. Lucas
    Craig Woods
    • Dave Parker
    Dick Elliott
    Dick Elliott
    • Kincaid
    Bryan 'Slim' Hightower
    • Hankey
    • (as Bryan Hightower)
    Phil Rawlins
    • Les
    • (as David Rawlins)
    Jerry Ambler
    • Cheyenne
    Kit Guard
    Kit Guard
    • Tracy - Barfly
    Wes Hudman
    • Stranger
    • (as Wesley Hudman)
    Hugh Hooker
    • Ed
    Lee Phelps
    • Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    Duke York
    Duke York
    • Joe Doniger, Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • John Rawlins
    • Writer
      • Louis Lantz
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    • Trivia
      The story takes place after the Civil War which was 1865. The revolver used was the Colt Pacemaker 1873. So it was not even invented yet.
    • Quotes

      [Speaking over Hankey's body]

      Johnny Tallon: Hankey was a good man. He didn't have any feelings about anything. All he had was loyalty.

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    one of the last 2-color Cinecolor movies
    'Ft. Defiance' is a B-movie western that in terms of story is quite a cut above the typical Saturday matinée fare. But, this is a description of the Cinecolor process it was shot in.

    3-strip Technicolor was the first technically viable, full color film process commercially available to the U.S. film industry. Although technically elaborate and expensive, for about a 15 year period (ca. 1935-50) it was also the only full color process available (Kodachrome, a reversal process yielding a positive image from the camera stock, was not regarded as suitable for studio film production).

    During Technicolor's reign there were a number of alternative low-budget color film processes based on the 2-color principle of color reproduction. Although 3 primary colors are required to obtain a full color gamut, a surprisingly natural-looking color image can be achieved by using only 2 primary colors, basically, a warm primary and a cool primary.

    Instead of dividing the spectrum into 3 bands (red, green, blue), it is split into 2 regions, representing the warm colors (red, orange, yellow) and the cool colors (green, blue, violet). In the photography, red and green color separation filters are used to obtain the 2 primary color images. Because of the technical complexity of full 3-color requirements, the first successful color motion picture processes (Kinemacolor and others) from the 1910's onward, were 2- color processes. Technicolor started out as a 2-color process itself.

    As with other 2-color processes (Trucolor being its main competitor) the Cinecolor process used Mitchell cameras adapted for bi-pack filming where 2 rolls of film are run through the camera simultaneously. The camera's magazines had 4 chambers, 2 feed and 2 take-up. Each roll of black & white film captured one of the 2 'primary' images.

    A Cinecolor film print contained 2 primary color images, a reddish-orange and a cyan, printed on opposite sides of the film base. In making splices, the projectionist had to scrape emulsion off BOTH sides of the film so the cement could form a proper bond. Focus was achieved by focusing at the center of the film base as a compromise (instead of on the emulsion).

    When Kodak and other companies introduced single-strip negative-positive color film systems around 1950 -- which meant that standard production cameras could be used for full- color filming without special adaptations or apparatus -- the raison d'etre for 2-color systems was eliminated, with 'Ft. Defiance' being among the last of its kind. 3-strip Technicolor itself survived only a few more years as a production process, although the lab continued providing imbibition film prints to the industry for more than a decade afterwards.

    Like other 2-color processes, Cinecolor suffered from a limited palette, where bright greens, yellows, and purples were not achievable. Most other colors could be represented with fairly reasonable approximations. It also suffered from a bit of variability in color densities. Nevertheless, it was the most natural looking of all the 2-color processes.

    Considering its 2-color limitations, what's remarkable about Cinecolor is how natural-looking it could be.

    Some other 2-color Cinecolor titles are: Black Gold (1947) Albuquerque (1948) Strawberry Roan (1948) Flight to Mars (1951) Flat Top (1952) .
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    • Release date
      • October 9, 1951 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Нескорений форт
    • Filming locations
      • Utah, USA
    • Production company
      • Ventura Pictures Corporation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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