Fort Osage

1952
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1h 12m

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Rod Cameron and Jane Nigh in Fort Osage (1952)

A greedy Missouri merchant overcharges the westbound settlers for goods and for passage to California while also stealing the Osages' supplies who consequently start attacking all passing wa... Read allA greedy Missouri merchant overcharges the westbound settlers for goods and for passage to California while also stealing the Osages' supplies who consequently start attacking all passing wagon trains.A greedy Missouri merchant overcharges the westbound settlers for goods and for passage to California while also stealing the Osages' supplies who consequently start attacking all passing wagon trains.

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Rod Cameron

Tom Clay

Jane Nigh

Ann Pickett

Morris Ankrum

Arthur Pickett

Douglas Kennedy

George Keane

John Ridgely

Henry Travers

William Phipps

Nathan Goodspeed

Myron Healey

Martin Christensen

I. Stanford Jolley

Sam Winfield
(as Stan Jolley)

Lane Bradford

Rawlins

Dorothy Adams

Mrs. Winfield

Iron Eyes Cody

Osage Brave

Francis McDonald

Osage Chief

Barbara Wooddell

Martha Whitley
(as Barbara Woodell)

Gertrude Astor

Townswoman
(uncredited)

Benjie Bancroft

Townsman
(uncredited)

Hal Baylor

Olaf Christensen
(uncredited)

Roy Bucko

Townsman
(uncredited)

Nora Bush

Townswoman
(uncredited)

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Opening crawl: Fort Osage, Missouri, was the gateway to the gold fields of California - and the dream of riches. It was located on the eastern edge of the Osage Indian territory, beyond which lay the Great Plains, the Rockies - and finally, California. Day after day, wagons from all over America rolled into Fort Osage to assemble and prepare for the last lap of the great overland trek to the west coast. The incoming emigrants brought out the worst in booming Fort Osage, and Fort Osage brought out the worst in the emigrants.

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Referenced in Les nuits du monde (1960)

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7/10

Decent old western

This a nice B western about a wagon master trying to make wrong a right done by the businessman behind a wagon drive.

I can't say I'm familiar with any of the films made by the lead Rod Cameron. Although lacking the gravitas of the great cowboy actors he does a decent job as the righteous good guy. The rest of the cast are more than adequate.

The plot is pretty standard but it comes with a healthy amount of the required fist fights, horse chases and shootouts with the obligatory romantic interlude tucked in for good measure. It's all filmed in vivid colours which give the film a nice if dated feel.

This is no Hign Noon and holds few surprises but it is sharply scripted, well acted and enjoyable. For those that like old westerns this is well worth watching.