After Custer's defeat an army captain tries to warn a small town that the Sioux are coming. The inhabitants own two machine-guns but don't want to lend them to him.
Howard Keel
as Capt. Tom York
Joan Caulfield
as Dakota Lil McCoy
Broderick Crawford
as Columbus Smith
Scott Brady
as Ep Wyatt
Wendell Corey
as Sy Elkins
Richard Arlen
as Deadwood Telegrapher
Tom Drake
as Bill Kane
Tracy Olsen
as Sal
Ben Cooper
as Lt. Drake
Sailor Vincent
as Saloon Gambler (uncredited)
Don 'Red' Barry
as Bly
Gerald Jann
as Wu Sing