Only the Valiant

For the Argentine film, see Only the Valiant (1940 film).

Only the Valiant
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Directed byGordon Douglas
Written byCharles Marquis Warren (novel)
Screenplay byEdmund H. North
Harry Brown
Produced byWilliam Cagney
StarringGregory Peck
Barbara Payton
Ward Bond
CinematographyLionel Lindon
Edited byWalter Hannemann
Robert S. Seiter
Music byFranz Waxman
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
William Cagney Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • April 21, 1951 (1951-04-21)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,499,000[1]
Box office$3,085,000[1]
$2 million (US rentals)[2]

Only the Valiant, also known as Fort Invincible, is a 1951 American Western film produced by William Cagney (younger brother of James Cagney), directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, and Ward Bond. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North and Harry Brown, based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Charles Marquis Warren.[3]

Gregory Peck, in a role he considered a low point of his career,[4] plays Captain Richard Lance, a by-the-book West Point graduate who is not very popular with the men under his command.

This film is in the public domain.[5]

  1. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 31 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
  3. ^ Warren, Charles Marquis (1943). Only the Valiant. New York City: Macmillan Company. ASIN B0007E8HNG.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CreaLrev was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Only the Valiant". archive.org. 1951.