Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.
Guy Madison
as Capt. Robert MacClaw
Joan Weldon
as Martha Cutting
James Whitmore
as Sgt. Elliott
Carl Benton Reid
as Col. Janeway
Harvey Lembeck
as Pvt. Gottschalk
Ray Teal
as Dr. Trent
Robert Nichols
as 2nd Lt. O'Hirons
Don Shelton
as Maj. Gibbs
Denver Pyle
as Infantryman (uncredited)