Fort Ti
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| Directed by | William Castle |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Screenplay by | Robert E. Kent |
| Story by | Robert E. Kent |
| Starring |
George Montgomery Joan Vohs |
| Music by | Ross DiMaggio |
| Cinematography | Lester H. White, Lothrop B. Worth |
| Edited by | William A. Lyon |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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May 29, 1953 |
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Running time
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73 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.6 million |
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.
The film is set in 1759 at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War.
3-D supervision was by M.L. Gunzburg, creator of the Natural Vision 3-D system that had initiated the 3-D boom, previously used on Bwana Devil and House of Wax. The film was shot at Columbia Studios and on location in Utah and Southern California.
Fort Ti earned an estimated $2.6 million domestically during its first year of release.
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.
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