Escort West

Escort West
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Produced by Robert E. Morrison
Nate H. Edwards
Story by Steven Hayes
Starring Victor Mature
Faith Domergue
Music by Henry Vars
Cinematography William H. Clothier
Edited by Otto Ludwig
Production
company
Batjac Productions
Romina Productions
Distributed by United Artists (1958, original) MGM (2005, DVD)
Release dates
 1958
Country USA
Language English

Escort West is a 1959 Western, first released on Jan. 23, 1959, but sometimes listed as a 1958 release. The movie is set after the U.S. Civil War, when a former Confederate officer, played by Victor Mature, and his daughter help some survivors of an Indian massacre.

It was the second of two co-productions between Batjac and Romina Productions. Their first was China Doll (1957).[1]

The movie was filmed largely on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., with additional footage shot on the nearby Bell Moving Picture Ranch. The site of the Bell Ranch location shoot remained a mystery for decades until it was discovered on an expedition by film location researchers in early 2015. The researchers found the location by using information from "Escort West" and the first Elvis Presley movie, Love Me Tender, which filmed its climactic sequence at the same site, known as the "Rocky Hill."

Cast

Production

Francis Lyon originally bought the story for his own Leo Productions. He eventually set up the movie with Batjac.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Escort West notes at TCMDB
  2. ↑ MOVIELAND EVENTS: Boach Jr. Planning Musical Feature Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 02 Dec 1957: C12.

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