Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

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Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
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Original film poster
Directed by Albert C. Gannaway
Ismael Rodríguez
Screenplay byTom Hubbard
John Patrick
Produced by
  • Ben Costanten
  • Albert C. Gannaway
  • C.J. Ver Halen Jr.
Starring
Cinematography Jack Draper
Edited byFernando Martínez
Music by Raúl Lavista
Production
company
Albert C. Gannaway Productions
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date
  • October 5, 1956 (1956-10-05)(United States)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer is a 1956 American historical western adventure film co-produced and directed by Albert C. Gannaway and Ismael Rodríguez and starring Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr. and Faron Young. The film was shot in Trucolor in Mexico. It was released by Republic Pictures at the height of the Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier craze.

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Plot

Set in 1775, during the American War of Independence, the settlement of Boonesborough, Kentucky, is besieged by both hostile Shawnee Indian tribes and the British. Frontiersman Daniel Boone and his family must fight for survival when overtures of peace fail and culminate in a frontal assault on the fort.

Cast

Lon Chaney Jr. as Blackfish Lon Chaney, Jr. (Daniel Boone Trail Blazer).JPG
Lon Chaney Jr. as Blackfish

Soundtrack

Albert C. Gannaway composed the music for three songs for the film, with lyrics by Hal Levy. [1]

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