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    Escort West (1959)

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    Victor Mature is Ben Lassiter, a sturdy, dependable hero in this westward journey undertaken by several but finished by few.

    He’s an ex-Confederate officer travelling west with his daughter, Abbey (Reba Waters, an unusually tolerable child). Rudely denied the companionship of a Union cavalry unit, he ends up rendering assistance to the survivors – two beautiful sisters, a wounded black soldier and a payroll – when the cavalry is attacked by marauding Modoc Indians.

    Further troubles encountered – two Yankee deserters want the payroll, the Modocs return etc – are from the western movie-makers’ cliche collection of things to enliven western treks.

    Escort West is an unremarkable but fairly entertaining western. The script is routine, but director Francis D Lyon has paced it with sufficient know-how, even during the talking stretches, to keep interest alive in both the characters and the events.

    Elaine Stewart and Faith Domergue are the women who are good to look at in their emoting with Vic.

    Rex Ingram plays the elderly black soldier, but the role is not allowed to make the impact it could have with a better script.

    The cast includes a few western veterans like Noah Beery, Harry Carey Jr, Leo Gordon (who co-authored the script) and Slim Pickens.

    Ben Lassiter
    Victor Mature
    Beth Drury
    Elaine Stewart
    Martha Drury
    Faith Domergue
    Abbey Lassiter
    Reba Waters
    Lt. Jamison
    Noah Beery Jr.
    Trooper Vogel
    Leo Gordon
    Nelson Walker
    Rex Ingram
    Lt. Weeks
    John Hubbard
    Trooper Travis
    Harry Carey Jr.
    Cpl. Wheeler
    Slim Pickens
    Sgt. Doyle
    Roy Barcroft
    Capt. Howard Poole
    William Ching
    Trooper Burch
    Ken Curtis
    Mrs Kate Fenniman
    Claire Du Brey
    Elwood Fenniman
    Syd Saylor

    Director
    Francis D Lyon

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