Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer is a 1956 American historical western adventure film co-produced and directed by Albert C. Gannaway and Ismael Rodríguez and starring Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr. and Faron Young. The film was shot in Trucolor in Mexico. It was released by Republic Pictures at the height of the Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier craze.
Plot
Set in 1775, during the American War of Independence, the settlement of Boonesborough, Kentucky, is besieged by both hostile Shawnee Indian tribes and the British. Frontiersman Daniel Boone and his family must fight for survival when overtures of peace fail and culminate in a frontal assault on the fort.
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More details
author | John Patrick |
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contentLocation | Kentucky |
director | Ismael Rodríguez |
editor | Fernando Martínez |
genre | adventure historical western |
keywords | american war of independence daniel boone indian tribe shawnee war of independence |
musicBy | Raúl Lavista |
producer | Albert C. Gannaway Ben Costanten C.J. Ver Halen Jr. |
productionCompany | Albert C. Gannaway Productions |
publisher | Republic Pictures |
theme | biographical war |