''Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer'' is a 1956 American

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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

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. It was released by

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at the height of the '' Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' craze.

Plot

Set in 1775, during the

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, the settlement of Boonesborough,

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, is besieged by both hostile

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Indian tribes and the British. Frontiersman

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and his family must fight for survival when overtures of peace fail and culminate in a frontal assault on the fort.

Cast

* Bruce Bennett as

* Lon Chaney Jr. as Blackfish * Faron Young as Faron Callaway * Kem Dibbs as

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* Damian O'Flynn as Andy Callaway * Jacqueline Evans as Rebecca Boone * Nancy Rodman as Susannah Boone * Freddy Fernández as Israel Boone * Carol Kelly as Jamima Boone * Eduardo Noriega as Squire Boone *

Fred Kohler Jr. Fred Kohler Jr. (July 8, 1911 – January 7, 1993) was an American actor who performed in a number of Westerns such as ''The Pecos Kid'' and ''Toll of the Desert''. He played nearly 130 film and television roles between 1929 and 1978. Kohler's ...

as Kenton * Gordon Mills as John Holder * Claudio Brook as James Boone *Joe Ainley as Gen. Hamilton *Lee Morgan as Smitty

Soundtrack

Albert C. Gannaway composed the music for three songs for the film, with lyrics by Hal Levy.''Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer'' Soundtrack
at IMDb * "Long Green Valley" (sung by Faron Young) * "Stand Firm in the Faith" * "Dan'l Boone"

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* * * 1956 films American biographical films 1956 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films Films set in 1775 Films set in Kentucky Films shot in Mexico American Revolutionary War films American Western (genre) films American historical adventure films 1950s historical adventure films Trucolor films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Albert C. Gannaway Films directed by Ismael Rodríguez 1950s American films Films scored by Raúl Lavista English-language biographical films English-language Western (genre) films English-language historical adventure films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub

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Cast

Soundtrack

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