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Fort Vengeance

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Fort Vengeance -- Formula Western set in Canada where a good Montana cowboy (James Craig) and his devious brother (Keith Larsen) enlist in the North West Mounted Police, then have a falling-out as the Mounties (led by Reginald Denny) try to stop Sitting Bull from stirring an Indian uprising after the Custer Massacre. Directed by Lesley Selander, the predictable story has some good action scenes but is most notable for contrasting the Canadian policy of protecting its Indian peoples with the U.S. policy of suppressing them. Frontier violence. (A-I) (br) ( 1953 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.