Top billed cast

1. 

   James Craig

   Maj. Clay Clayburn

2. 

   Barbara Payton

   Kathy Summers

3. 

   Guy Madison

   Maj. Will Denning

4. 

   Barton MacLane

   Sgt. Mac McCardle

5. 

   Robert Osterloh

   Sgt. Harper

6. 

   Tom Fadden

   Purdy

7. 

   Robert Easton

   Jerry

8. 

   Louis Jean Heydt

   Col. House

9. 

   Craig Stevens

   Col. Braxton Summers

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2026-04-12

**_A suicidal Confederate mission to stop Sherman’s supply line_**

This is a surprisingly good Civil War movie starring James Craig, Barbara Payton and Guy Madison, shot eight years before the similar John Ford/John Wayne “The Horse Soldiers.” While the geography is disingenuous, being shot in central California east of Stockton, the widespan topography isn’t the focus, but rather the characters and their immediate background, such as the antebellum manor, the trees and the caves. You can only see the distant geography in the train sequence, which is relatively late in the film.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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