Movie

Fort Dobbs

1958 · 93 min

A tense, earnest Western with a brooding loner, shifting loyalties, and a steady build to a hard-won standoff.

Tagline: It took him forty bullets to get to Fort Dobbs... It took a thousand miracles to get him out!
Overview: Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, betrayal, justice, family
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
betrayal
justice
family
redemption
Places: wilderness
small town
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none