---
title: 'Ten Who Dared (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Beaudine'
released: '1960-10-18'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ten-who-dared-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054372/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ten Who Dared (1960)

1960 · 92 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

Ten Who Dared is a 1960 American Western film directed by William Beaudine and starring Brian Keith, Ben Johnson, John Beal and James Drury. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. It tells the story of United States Army officer John Wesley Powell, who was the first to travel down the Colorado River, and the dangers that he and nine other men had to face while making a map of the region during their 1869 expedition. Hired by Walt Disney Studios in 1959 as a technical adviser, Otis R. Marston led a film crew through the Grand Canyon to film river running and background scenes for the film.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Stan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/stan-jones), [Oliver Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-wallace)
- **Director:** [William Beaudine](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-beaudine)
- **Screenplay:** [Lawrence Edward Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-edward-watkin)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gordon Avil](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-avil)
- **Editor:** [Cotton Warburton](https://cinepixo.com/people/cotton-warburton), [Norman Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-palmer)

## Cast

- [Roy Barcroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-barcroft) as Jim Baker
- [Ray Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-walker) as McSpadden
- [Brian Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-keith) as William "Bill" Dunn
- [James Drury](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-drury) as Walter Powell
- [Jack Bighead](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-bighead) as Ashtishkel
- [R. G. Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-g-armstrong) as Oramel Howland
- [Dawn Little Sky](https://cinepixo.com/people/dawn-little-sky) as Indian woman
- [Pat Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-hogan) as Indian chief
- [Stan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/stan-jones) as Seneca Howland
- [John Beal](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-beal) as Major John Wesley
- [David Stollery](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-stollery) as Andrew "Andy" Hall
- [Dan Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-sheridan) as Jack Sumner
- [Ben Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-johnson) as George Bradley
- [L. Q. Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/l-q-jones) as Billy "Missouri" Hawkins
- [David Frankham](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-frankham) as Frank Goodman

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/ten-who-dared
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ten-who-dared-1960
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1403208); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.