''Fort Vengeance'' (aka ''Royal Mounted Police'') is a 1953 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by

Lesley Selander Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was ...

and starring James Craig, Rita Moreno and

Keith Larsen Keith Larsen (born Keith Larsen Burt, June 17, 1924 – December 13, 2006) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who starred in three short-lived television series between 1955 and 1961. Background Larsen was born in Salt ...

.''Fort Vengeance''
at

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Plot

Two North Dakota brothers ( James Craig,

) flee to Canada and join the Mounties during an Indian dispute.

Cast

* James Craig as Dick Ross * Rita Moreno as Bridget Fitzgibbon *

as Carey Ross * Reginald Denny as Inspector Trevett * Charles Irwin as Sgt. Saxon *

Morris Ankrum Morris Ankrum (born Morris Nussbaum; August 28, 1897 – September 2, 1964) was an American radio, television, and film character actor. Early life Born in Danville in Vermilion County in eastern Illinois, Ankrum originally began a career in ...

as Chief Blackfoot * Guy Kingsford as Sgt. Major MacRea * Michael Granger as Sitting Bull * Patrick Whyte as Sgt. Major Harmington * Paul Marion as Eagle Heart *

Emory Parnell Emory Parnell (December 29, 1892 – June 22, 1979) was an American vaudeville performer and actor who appeared in over 250 films in his 36-year career. Early years Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Parnell trained as a musician at Morningside ...

as Patrick Fitzgibbon

References

External links

* 1953 films 1950s English-language films 1953 Western (genre) films Films based on short fiction Films set in Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction Cinecolor films Films directed by Lesley Selander Allied Artists films American Western (genre) films Films produced by Walter Wanger Films scored by Paul Dunlap 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub