A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
Van Heflin
as Maj. Neal Benton
Anne Bancroft
as Katy Bishop
Richard Boone
as Capt. Lionel Foster
Lee Marvin
as Lt. Keating
Tommy Rettig
as Larry Bishop
Peter Graves
as Capt. Frank Dwyer
Douglas Spencer
as Rev. Douglas
Paul Cavanagh
as Col. Tucker
Will Wright
as Josiah Anderson
James Best
as Lt. Robinson
John Dierkes
as Cpl. Fred Deane
Helen Ford
as Delphine Coates
