Fort Ti

Fort Ti is a 1953 American 3-D Western film directed by William Castle, and starring George Montgomery and Joan Vohs. Written by Robert E. Kent, the film is the first Western to be released in 3-D and the first 3-D feature to be released in Technicolor by a major studio. Fort Ti was produced by Esskay Pictures Corporation, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures in the United States.

Contents

• Cast
• Box office
• Legacy
• References

The film is set in 1759 at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War.

Cast

George Montgomery as Capt. Jedediah Horn

Joan Vohs as Fortune Mallory

Irving Bacon as Sgt. Monday Wash

James Seay as Mark Chesney

Ben Astar as François Leroy

Phyllis Fowler as Running Otter

Howard Petrie as Maj. Robert Rogers

Cicely Browne as Bess Chesney

Lester Matthews as Lord Jeffrey Amherst

George Leigh as Capt. Delecroix

Louis Merrill as Raoul de Moreau

Rusty Hamer as Jed's nephew (uncredited)

Box office

Fort Ti earned an estimated $2.6 million domestically during its first year of release.

Legacy

In 1982, Fort Ti became the first 3-D film to be broadcast on television in the United Kingdom. The following year, it became the first 3-D film to be broadcast on television in the United States along with the Three Stooges 3-D short Pardon My Backfire.