The repeating Henry rifles brought to the fort just in time are not loaded, but when they are passed up to the men defending the fort atop its walls along with boxes of ammunition, the men begin shooting them immediately, before they are loaded.
One brief scene shows the Indians attaching across a river.
There is no river near Fort Dobbs.
Warner Brothers used a lot of scenes from different movies over and over to save money.
When Gar and the Greys leave the house, Gar is holding a cloth bag.
Later, the bag becomes larger and holds many cooking utensils, beans, and other food.
Introduction of the henry repeating rifle ... load once and shoot all day ...
Clint Walker may have had husky good looks, but he lacked the character to play a convincing lead, as can be seen in this modest Western from Warners. He comes up against Brian Keith in a number of scenes, and Keith slaughters him every time.
Fort Dobbs is directed by Gordon Douglas and written by George W. George and Burt Kennedy.
Pretty good saddle-burner with Clint Walker as Gar Davis, a man on the run for the murder of one of the local townsfolk. With a posse on his tail Davis uses some trickery to shake the posse but finds himself on foot in Comanche Country.
Clint Walker received his initial starring vehicle with this reasonably engaging B Western from Warner Bros. Often compared to "Hondo" with The Duke, its story (by Burt Kennedy and George W.
OK, up front, I'm a huge westerns fan & I've always loved Clint Walker. A lot of these reviews have focused on a comparison with John Wayne's "Hondo".
Clint Walker and Virginia Mayo star in Fort Dobbs, a Warner Brothers western that bears more than a passing resemblance to John Wayne's classic Hondo. At the time Walker was starring in the Warner Brothers TV western Cheyenne and Mayo was serving out her contract with the studio.
Clett(Brian Keith), a traveling firearms salesman and probable gunrunner for Native Americans, happens upon the little party of Gar Davis(Clint Walker), just widowed Celia Grey(Virginia Mayo) and her half grown son, Chad(Richard Eyer). Clett was very surprised to see Gar, an old acquaintance, alive, as he was reported by the Largo sheriff as dead from a Comanche arrow in the back.
After being accused of shooting a man Gar Davis leaves the town of Largo with a posse in hot pursuit . His problems intensify when he comes across the body of a man which means the Comanche tribe are on the war path and with a return to Largo not an option he has to trek through hostile territory on foot .
