Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.
James Craig
as Maj. Clay Clayburn
Barbara Payton
as Kathy Summers
Guy Madison
as Maj. Will Denning
Barton MacLane
as Sgt. Mac McCardle
Robert Osterloh
as Sgt. Harper
Tom Fadden
as Purdy
Robert Easton
as Jerry
Louis Jean Heydt
as Col. House
Craig Stevens
as Col. Braxton Summers
Taylor Holmes
as Albert Monroe
Peter Brocco
as Union Corporal
Norman Leavitt
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)