A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Burt Lancaster
as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
Lee Remick
as Cora Templeton Massingale
Jim Hutton
as Capt. Paul Slater
Donald Pleasence
as 'Oracle' Jones
Brian Keith
as Frank Wallingham
Martin Landau
as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over
Pamela Tiffin
as Louise Gearhart
John Anderson
as Sgt. Buell
Tom Stern
as Kevin O'Flaherty
Robert J. Wilke
as Chief Five Barrels
Dub Taylor
as Clayton Howell
Whit Bissell
as Hobbs
