Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer is a 1956 American Western 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.
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Directed by | Albert C. Gannaway Ismael Rodríguez |
Screenplay by | Tom Hubbard John Patrick |
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Cinematography | Jack Draper |
Edited by | Fernando Martínez |
Music by | Raúl Lavista |
Production company | Albert C. Gannaway Productions |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
Albert C. Gannaway composed the music for three songs for the film, with lyrics by Hal Levy.[1]
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