Fort Ti
| Fort Ti | |
|---|---|
William A. Lyon | |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.6 million |
Fort Ti is a 1953 American
The film is set in 1759 at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War.[4]
Premise
As war is raging across 18th-century colonial America, a band of famed native fighters join British forces for an assault on a French stronghold.
Cast
- George Montgomery as Capt. Jedediah Horn
- Joan Vohs as Fortune Mallory
- Irving Bacon as Sgt. Monday Wash
- James Seay as Mark Chesney
- Ben Astar as François Leroy
- Phyllis Fowler as Running Otter
- Robert Rogers
- Cicely Browne as Bess Chesney
- Lester Matthews as Lord Jeffery Amherst
- George Leigh as Capt. Delecroix
- Louis Merrill as Raoul de Moreau
- Rusty Hamer as Jed's nephew (uncredited)
Production
William Castle says Sam Katzman was inspired to make the film by the success of Bwana Devil. Castle says he "decided to throw every goddamn thing I could think of at the camera" in the movie.[5]
3-D supervision was by M.L. Gunzburg, creator of the Natural Vision 3-D system that had initiated the 3-D boom, previously used on Bwana Devil and House of Wax.[6] The film was shot at Columbia Studios and on location in Utah and Southern California.[7]
Box office
Fort Ti earned an estimated $2.6 million domestically during its first year of release.[8]
Legacy
In 1982, Fort Ti became the first 3-D film to be broadcast on television in the United Kingdom. The following year, it became the first 3-D film to be broadcast on television in the United States and Australia along with the
References
- ^ a b Zarzynski, Joseph W. (July 18, 2013). "Fort Ticonderoga: It Plays a Role in Movie History". lakegeorgemirrormagazine.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ "Fort Ti: Movie Details". afi.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ISBN 0-899-50556-2.
- ISBN 978-0-786-46372-5.
- ^ Castle, William (1976). Step right up! : ... I'm gonna scare the pants off America. Putnam. p. 124.
- ^ The 1953 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures. Vol. 35. J.W. Alicoat. 1953. p. 145.
- ISBN 0-786-40578-3.
- ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1953", Variety, January 13, 1954
External links
- Fort Ti at IMDb
- Fort Ti at the TCM Movie Database
- Fort Ti at American Film Institute
- Review of film at Variety
