A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
Cast
John Wayne
Col John Marlowe
William Holden
Major 'Hank' Kendall
Constance Towers
Miss Hannah Hunter
Judson Pratt
Sgt Major Kirby
Hoot Gibson
Sgt. Brown
Ken Curtis
Cpl. Wilkie
Willis Bouchey
Col. Phil Secord
Bing Russell
Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
O.Z. Whitehead
Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Hank Worden
Deacon Clump
Chuck Hayward
Union Captain
Denver Pyle
Jackie Jo
Strother Martin
Virgil
Basil Ruysdael
The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy)
Carleton Young
Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA
William Leslie
Gray
William Henry
Captain
Walter Reed
Union Officer
Anna Lee
Mrs. Buford
William Forrest
Gen. Steve Hurlburt
Ron Hagerthy
Bugler
Russell Simpson
Henry Goodbody
Althea Gibson
Lukey
Gertrude Astor
Townswoman (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
Townsman (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Old Soldier in Line (uncredited)
John Ford
Ned (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Mitch (uncredited), Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell (uncredited)
Jan Stine
Hoskins - Dying Soldier (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Major (uncredited)
David Ahdar
Soldier (uncredited)
Sarge Allen
Union Officer (uncredited)
Gordon Carveth
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack R. Clinton
Trooper (uncredited)
Otis Courville
Soldier (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Townswoman (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
Gen. William T. Sherman (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
Donald Foster
Dr. Marvin (uncredited)
John George
Townsman (uncredited)
Helen Gereghty
Townswoman (uncredited)
Helen Gibson
Townswoman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Passenger to Newton Station (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
Stan Jones
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Fred Kennedy
Soldier (uncredited)
Roy Kennedy
Wrangler (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer
Officer (uncredited)
Robert Lewis
Townsman (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Union Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Townsman (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Newton Station Bartender (uncredited)
George Sowards
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Mike Steen
Unknown (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Bugler (uncredited)
Crew
John Ford
Director
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay, Producer
Martin Rackin
Screenplay, Producer
Harold Sinclair
Novel
Jack Murray
Editor
William H. Clothier
Director of Photography
Ray Gosnell Jr.
Assistant Director
Wingate Smith
Assistant Director
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
Frank Beetson Jr.
Wardrobe Master
Ann Peck
Wardrobe Master
Fae M. Smith
Hairstylist
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
Jack Solomon
Sound Mixer
Augie Lohman
Special Effects
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Dresser
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
John Veitch
Location Manager
Jim Burk
Stunts
Everett Creach
Stunts
Patrick Ford
Stunts
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Tom Hennesy
Stunts
John Hudkins
Stunts
Fred Kennedy
Stunts
Cliff Lyons
Stunts
Jack Lewis
Stunts
Phil Rawlins
Stunts
Ted White
Stunts
Jack N. Young
Stunts
Dick Dial
Stunt Double
Allen K. Wood
Production Manager
Frank Hotaling
Art Direction
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