Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....
Joel McCrea
as Will Owen
Arlene Dahl
as Jen Gort
Barry Sullivan
as Jesse Wallace
Claude Jarman Jr.
as Roy Gort
Ramon Novarro
as Don Antonio Chaves
Ted de Corsia
as Bye
MartÃn Garralaga
as Father Damasco
Jeff Corey
as Keeley
James Whitmore
as Clint Priest
Russell Simpson
as Farmer (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
as Outrider (uncredited)
