Directed by:
Lesley SelanderCinematography:
Ellis W. CarterComposer:
Marlin SkilesCast:
Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom Tully, Jimmy Wakely, Tudor Owen, Lee Van Cleef, John Pickard, Carleton Young, Iron Eyes Cody, Sheb Wooley (more)Plots(1)
Sterling Hayden takes command of a wagon train - and the screen - for a rousing tale of frontier action and redemption. Army deserter Bart Laish (Hayden) is on the run and out for himself - until he figures his best escape is to hook up with a wagon train headed for Oregon. Fate gives him an opportunity: He assumes the identity of a dead friend, a major mortally wounded in a brutal Indian attack, and takes charge of the troopers escorting the besieged caravan. His leadership turns the tide - but as the convoy nears its final destination, Laish faces hard choices: Will he desert the wagon train and its secretly volatile cargo or face the challenge of a double-arrow shot into the dust? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sterling Hayden
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Coleen Gray
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
New Face in Hell (1968)
Keith Larsen
USA
Best movies:
Whitewater Sam (1977)
War Paint (1953)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Tom Tully
USA
Best movies:
Ten North Frederick (1958)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
Jimmy Wakely
USA
Tudor Owen
UK
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The Court Jester (1955)
The Lonely Man (1957)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Lee Van Cleef
USA
Best movies:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
High Noon (1952)
John Pickard
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Cimarron (1960)
Carleton Young
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Iron Eyes Cody
USA
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The Big Trail (1930)
Union Pacific (1939)
Sheb Wooley
USA
Tom Smith
USA
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The Great Race (1965)
Canyon Passage (1946)
John Maxwell
USA
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Gentleman Jim (1942)
One Man Mutiny (1955)
Robert Bray
USA
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The Lusty Men (1952)
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William Wilkerson
USA
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Juarez (1939)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Key Largo (1948)
Artie Ortego
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Captain Blood (1935)
Stagecoach (1939)
Charles Soldani
USA
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High Noon (1952)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Clint Sharp
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
The Hangman (1959)
Kansas Moehring
USA
Best movies:
Captain Blood (1935)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Rocky Shahan
USA
Best movies:
The Lusty Men (1952)
Johnny Guitar (1954)