FIGHTING CARVANS (DVD) DVD

Fighting Caravans
Directly after his successful screen teaming with Marlene Dietrich in Morocco, Gary Cooper returned to Paramount's "Zane Grey" western series with Fighting Caravans. Cooper is cast as Clint Belmet, a hell-raisin' frontiersman facing a misdemeanor jail term. To avoid arrest, Clint talks French-born Felice (Lily Damita) into posing as his wife. Having successfully eluded the Law, Clint joins a wagon train heading to California, with Felice in tow. He callously tells her that he expects to exercise his "husbandly" prerogative in bed, but changes his tune when he genuinely falls in love with the girl. Eventually, Clint assumes some responsibility for the first time in his life by becoming the wagon train's sole trail guide, rescuing the other passengers from the villainous machinations of gun-runner Lee Murdock (Fred Kohler). Several stock shots and outtakes from Fighting Caravans (retitled Blazing Arrows for television) later showed up in another Zane Grey series entry, Wagon Wheels (1934). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Gary Cooper as Clint Belmet Lili Damita as Felice Ernest Torrence as Bill Jackson Fred Kohler as Lee Murdock Tully Marshall as Jim Bridger Eugene Pallette as Seth Higgins May Boley as Jane

Crew Robert Odell - Art Director Otto Brower - Director David Burton - Director William Shea - Editor Emil Bierman - Composer (Music Score) Oscar Potoker - Composer (Music Score) Herman Hand - Composer (Music Score) John M. Leopold - Composer (Music Score) Max Bergunker - Composer (Music Score) Emil Hilb - Composer (Music Score) A. Cousminer - Composer (Music Score) Sigmund Krumgold - Composer (Music Score) Karl Hajos - Composer (Music Score) Henry W. Gerrard - Cinematographer Lee Garmes - Cinematographer Earl S. Hayman - Sound/Sound Designer Edward E. Paramore, Jr. - Screenwriter Agnes Brand Leahy - Screenwriter Keene Thompson - Screenwriter Zane Grey - Book Author

Fighting Caravans
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General Specifications: Language Options: Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Full screen presentation English 2.0 Dolby Digital true stories of Zane Grey: Outdoor adventures with an introduction by Loren Grey/Fishermans's Pluck/An American Legend Digitally mastered Interactive menus Scene selection DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 81 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Fighting Caravans 1. Main Titles/Laws [20:54] 2. I Will Not Go [24:52] 3. Being Followed [17:04] 4. A Fit Husband/End Credits [17:55]