"A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians."
Joseph Cotten
as Col. Clay Tucker
Linda Darnell
as Elena Kenniston
Jeff Chandler
as Maj. Henry Kenniston
Cornel Wilde
as Capt. Mark Bradford
Dale Robertson
as Lem
Jay C. Flippen
as Sgt. Terrance Duey
Noah Beery Jr.
as Cy Davis (as Noah Beery)
Johnny Sands
as Lt. Adams (as John Sands)
Arthur Hunnicutt
as Sgt. Pickens
Harry von Zell
as Ephraim Strong
Robert Adler
as Hank (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
as Col. Hoffman (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
as Mrs. Simpkins (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Harry Carter
as Lt. Reynolds (uncredited)
Aurora Castillón
as Maria (uncredited)
Sally Corner
as Mrs. Magowan (uncredited)
Don Garner
as Ash Cooper (uncredited)
Everett Glass
as Rev. Simpkins (uncredited)
Roy Gordon
as Capt. Stanley (uncredited)
Lee MacGregor
as Cal (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
as Dr. Magowan (uncredited)
George K. Hundley
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Charity Holt
Fred Holm
William McCarter
Don Nevitt
Ferguson Pollycutt
Ed Pulliam
Sam Tafoya
Brinton Turkles
Hank Potts
Casey Robinson
Producer
Robert Wise
Director
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Alfred Bruzlin
Sound
Alfred Newman
Music Director
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Chester Gore
Art Direction
Curtis Kenyon
Story
Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
Earle Hagen
Frank S. Nugent
Screenplay
Lyle R. Wheeler
Thomas Little
Harry M. Leonard