''Incident at Phantom Hill'' is a 1966 American

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film directed by

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and starring Robert Fuller,

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and

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. The story involves a Union gold shipment, which is stolen and buried in the desert. Both Union and rebel forces struggle to find it while threatened by the Comanche. A romance complicates the action.

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At the end of the

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, a group of Southern rebels steal a Union shipment of gold and bury it in a cave near an area known as Phantom Hill, Texas. After they are captured by Union forces, their leader secretly makes a deal with the army to reveal the gold's location in return for his release; a release based on a pardon promised him by the

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at the beginning of the Civil War. An army captain and four other men are given the job of accompanying the rebel on the journey to locate the gold. As the men are getting ready to leave, they are compelled to take with them a woman who is essentially being ordered out of town. She and the captain are attracted to each other, though initially the relationship is not warm. Phantom Hill is located on land newly-assigned to the Comanche and the group must deal with hostilities from them. Eventually, after the gold is located, the rebel gets one of the group drunk, kills him and steals his gun. He kills another man, then escapes with the group's weaponry, the wagon filled with the gold, and the woman. The remaining men, without guns, must again face the Comanche. After this confrontation, only the captain and one other remain alive. They set off in pursuit of the rebel. Enjoying some unexpected luck, the two arrive ahead of the rebel and the woman at a location important to all of them, due to their need of water. A short pursuit occurs which ends when the woman tosses a rifle to the captain, who kills the rebel. The three survivors begin the return trek to deliver the gold to the American government.

Cast

As appearing in order of screen credits (main roles identified):"Incident at Phantom Hill (1966) Full credits"
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as Memphis *

as Joe Barlow *

as Adam Long *

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as Dr. Hanneford *

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as Krausman * Noah Beery Jr. as O'Rourke (as Noah Beery) *

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as General Hood *

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as 1st Hunter * William Phipps as Trader *

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as SDrum * Mickey Finn as 2nd Hunter

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* * * 1966 films 1966 Western (genre) films American Civil War films American Western (genre) films 1960s English-language films Films directed by Earl Bellamy Universal Pictures films Films scored by Hans J. Salter 1966 drama films 1960s American films {{1960s-Western-film-stub

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