Fort Worth (film)

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Fort Worth
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Written by John Twist
Produced by Anthony Veiller
Starring Randolph Scott
Cinematography Sidney Hickox
Edited by Clarence Kolster
Music by David Buttolph
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • July 14, 1951 (1951-07-14)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$698,000 [1]
Box office$2,342,000 [1]
$1,450,000 (US rentals) [2]

Fort Worth is a 1951 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott. It is Marin's final directing work, as he died two months before the release. [3]

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Plot

Former gunfighter Ned Britt settles in Fort Worth, Texas as a newspaper man. He falls in love with Flora Talbot, the fiancée of his former friend Blair Lunsford. Britt tries to expose the crooked cattle baron Gabe Clevinger in his newspaper, but Clevinger employs violent means to prevent the arrival of the railroad at Fort Worth. Britt must rethink his journalistic methods to stop Clevinger and resorts to violence himself.

Cast

Reception

According to Warner Bros., records the film earned $1,735,000 domestically and $607,000 foreign. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 31 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
  3. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (February 14, 2020). "Helena Carter: An Appreciation". Filmink.
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