Audie Murphy plays a lieutenant who deserts the army so he can return to his Texas hometown to warn them about the impending Comanche attack, and ends up training a group of women who vary in degrees in personality, to defend their position. That's just an arduous task than the actual impending attack.
A highly enjoyable Murphy western with great performances all round, especially from Hope Emerson, who is elected as sergeant. Plenty of action, suspense. Audie is really good here and it's pity he didn't stick with Harry Joe Brown ( who produced the great Randolph Scott films). Along with Tumbleweed, drums across the river and Ride clear of Diablo, the guns of Petticoat is one of his best 50's westerns.
Review of The Guns of Fort Petticoat
