Escort West

They thought the war was over...

Escort West is directed by Francis D. Lyon and adapted to screenplay by Leo Gordon and Fred Hartsook from a story by Steven Hayes. It stars Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart, Faith Domergue, Reba Waters, Noah Beery Jr., Leo Gordon, Rex Ingram, John Hubbard, Harry Carey Jr. and Slim Pickens. Music is by Henry Vars and CinemaScope cinematography by William H. Clothier.

Set in Nevada 1865 at the end of The Civil War, Escort West follows ex- Confederate soldier Ben Lassiter (Mature) as he travels West with his young daughter Abbey (Waters). Still meeting hostile reactions from Union cavalry officers and supporters in the area, things take a dramatic turn when Ben and Abbey happen upon the aftermath of a Modoc...

Former Confederate officer "Lassiter" (Victor Mature) and his young daughter "Abbey" (Reba Walters) are travelling thorough the treacherous territory of the Modoc people. After stopping for food at a relay station, where they encounter some union soldiers escorting their wages to a nearby fort, they make camp. During the night, he spots some drunken Modoc and concludes that they must have got the booze from the relay station. Has it been attacked? "Lassiter" decides that they must try to warn the troop of "Lt. Weeks" (John Hubbard) before they, too are massacred. The underlying story is quite good, but it is cluttered up by too many characters. Elaine Stewart ("Beth") and Faith Domergue ("Martha") play the travelling sisters well enough - t...