Fort Worth (film)

Fort Worth
Directed by	Edwin L. Marin
Produced by	Anthony Veiller
Written by	John Twist
Starring	Randolph Scott
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	July 14, 1951 (1951-07-14)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,450,000 (US rentals)

Fort Worth is a 1951 western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott. It is Marin's final directing work, as he died two months before the release.

Plot synopsis

Former gunfighter Ned Britt (Randolph Scott) sets up shop in Fort Worth, Texas as a newspaper man. He falls in love with Flora Talbot (Phyllis Thaxter), who is the fiancée of a former friend, Blair Lunsford (David Brian). Britt tries to expose the crooked cattle baron Gabe Clevinger (Ray Teal) in his newspaper. Clevinger resorts to violence in order to prevent the arrival of the railroad at Fort Worth and Britt has to rethink his journalistic methods to stop him and resort to violence himself.

Cast

• Randolph Scott as Ned Britt
• David Brian as Blair Linsford
• Phyllis Thaxter as Flora Talbot
• Helena Carter as Amy Brooks
• Dickie Jones as Luther Wicks
• Ray Teal as Gabe Clevenger
• Michael Tolan as Mort Springer
• Emerson Treacy as Ben Garvin
• Bob Steele as Shorty
• Walter Sande as Deputy Waller
• Chubby Johnson as Sheriff

External links

• Fort Worth at IMDb
• Randolph Scott at the Internet Movie Database