User Reviews

Very good use of the "Fort Apache" set at the old Corriganville movie ranch. Almost the entire episode is shot outside. The Fort was still in good shape in 1959. A short scene is at the "Sherwood Forest" lake, also at Corriganville.

(IMO) "Tales Of Wells Fargo" (1957-1962) was an above average TV Western with competent actors, plenty of action and believable situations.

I really liked Dale Robertson as the no-nonsense special agent, Jim Hardie.

"Fort Massacre" was first aired on television February 2, 1959.

A timid, inexperienced army officer is in charge of a wilderness military fort being threatened by Indians. Some of the soldiers state their discontent with the officer, but not Wells Fargo's Jim Hardie who came into the fort on a stagecoach.

A scout is sent out from the fort hoping to reach a calvary brigade for help. When he fails, the timid army officer figures on giving it a try. Hardie thinks the officer is too valuable there at the fort so after a scuffle and knocking-out the officer, he, Jim Hardie figures on sneaking over the wall, stealing a horse from an Indian, and riding for help. Does Hardie succeed? You'll have to see the episode for yourself, but I'll give you a hint, you've seen Fort Massacre, or TV shows just like it, a million times.

The most interesting thing about this Wells Fargo episode is the teeth of scout Billy Welch, played by Peter Dunn. Terrible dental work. I can only hope that those choppers were not real and were "make-up". Peter Dunn himself was okay in the part as a buckskin-wearing Old West scout. Unfortunately, his performance was upstaged by his teeth.