"A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter."
Kirk Douglas
as Johnny Hawks
Elsa Martinelli
as Onahti
Walter Matthau
as Wes Todd
Diana Douglas
as Susan Rogers
Walter Abel
as Captain Trask
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Chivington (as Lon Chaney)
Eduard Franz
as Red Cloud
Harry Landers
as Grey Wolf / Captain Trask Attaché
Alan Hale Jr.
as Will Crabtree (as Alan Hale)
Michael Winkelman
as Tommy Rogers
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
Ray Teal
as Morgan
Frank Cady
as Trader Joe
Hank Worden
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Lane Chandler
as Head Settler (uncredited)
Robert "Buzz" Henry
as Lt. Shaeffer (uncredited)
André de Toth
Director
Robert L. Richards
Story
Frank Davis
Screenplay
Ben Hecht
Jack Voglin
Assistant Director
Anne Douglas
Casting Director
Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist
Frank Mattison
Production Manager
Tom Connors Jr.
Joe Edmondson
Sound Recordist
Dave Koehler
Special Effects
Executive Producer
William Schorr
Producer
Samuel P. Norton
Associate Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Wilfrid M. Cline
Director of Photography
Richard Cahoon
Editor
Wiard B. Ihnen
Art Direction
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
Bob Folkerson
Ted V. Mikels
Norm Taylor