In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.
William Holden
as Alvarez Kelly
Richard Widmark
as Col. Tom Rossiter
Janice Rule
as Liz Pickering
Patrick O'Neal
as Maj. Albert Stedman
Victoria Shaw
as Charity Warwick
Roger C. Carmel
as Capt. Angus Ferguson
Richard Rust
as Sgt. Hatcher
Arthur Franz
as Capt. Towers
Don 'Red' Barry
as Lt. Farrow
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Cpl. Peterson
Duke Hobbie
as John Beaurider
Howard Caine
as McIntyre
