Only the Valiant

Only the Valiant
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. Pictures
Release date
  • April 13, 1951 (1951-04-13) (New York)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,499,000
Box office$3,085,000
$2 million (US rentals)

Only the Valiant, also known as Fort Invincible, is a 1951 American Western film produced by William 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 title by Charles Marquis Warren.

Peck considered the role a low point of his career.