As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Errol Flynn
as Jeb Stuart
Olivia de Havilland
as Kit Carson Holliday
Raymond Massey
as John Brown
Ronald Reagan
as George Custer
Alan Hale
as Tex Bell
William Lundigan
as Bob Holliday
Van Heflin
as Rader
Gene Reynolds
as Jason Brown
Henry O'Neill
as Cyrus Brody
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
as Windy Brody
Alan Baxter
as Oliver Brown
John Litel
as Martin
