Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

{{Infobox film

| name = Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

| image = Dbtbpos.jpg

| caption = Original film poster

| director = Albert C. Gannaway
Ismael Rodríguez

| producer = {{ubl|Ben Costanten|Albert C. Gannaway|C.J. Ver Halen Jr.}}

| writer =

| screenplay = Tom Hubbard
John Patrick

| starring = {{ubl|Bruce Bennett|Lon Chaney Jr.|Faron Young}}

| music = Raúl Lavista

| cinematography = Jack Draper

| editing = Fernando Martínez

| studio = Albert C. Gannaway Productions

| distributor = Republic Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1956|10|5|United States}}

| runtime = 76 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer is a 1956 American historical western adventure 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.

Plot

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.

Cast

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Bruce Bennett as Daniel Boone
Lon Chaney Jr. as Blackfish
Faron Young as Faron Callaway
Kem Dibbs as Simon Girty
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. 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.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049121/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer Soundtrack] at IMDb