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Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
	Original film poster
Directed by	Albert C. Gannaway; Ismael Rodríguez
Screenplay by	Tom Hubbard; John Patrick
Produced by	Ben Costanten; Albert C. Gannaway; C.J. Ver Halen Jr.;
Starring	Bruce Bennett; Lon Chaney Jr.; Faron Young;
Cinematography	Jack Draper
Edited by	Fernando Martínez
Music by	Raúl Lavista
Production; company	Albert C. Gannaway Productions
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	October 5, 1956 (United States);
Running time	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.