A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.
Joseph Cotten
as Col. Clay Tucker
Linda Darnell
as Elena Kenniston
Jeff Chandler
as Maj. Henry Kenniston
Cornel Wilde
as Capt. Mark Bradford
Dale Robertson
as Lem
Jay C. Flippen
as Sgt. Terrance Duey
Noah Beery Jr.
as Cy Davis (as Noah Beery)
Johnny Sands
as Lt. Adams (as John Sands)
Arthur Hunnicutt
as Sgt. Pickens
Harry von Zell
as Ephraim Strong
Robert Adler
as Hank (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
as Col. Hoffman (uncredited)
