Director:

George Marshall
 

Writers:

C. William Harrison (story)
Walter Doniger
 

Release Date:

April 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Western more

Murphy deserts the Union Army to warn former Texas neighbors of impending Indian attacks triggered by Army massacre. He overcomes initial distrust and convinces the homesteaders (all women whose men are away fighting in the Confederate Army) to take refuge in an abandoned mission. He trains them to fight and shoot in anticipation of the attack. The only other man at the mission runs away o save his scalp and ends up leading the Indians back to the mission. Surrounded and outnumbered, the defenders prepare for the final assault..

 

Audie Murphy	...	Lt. Frank Hewitt
Kathryn Grant	...	Anne Martin
Hope Emerson	...	Hannah Lacey
Jeff Donnell	...	Mary Wheller
Jeanette Nolan	...	Cora Melavan
Sean McClory	...	Emmett Kettle
Ernestine Wade	...	Hetty
Peggy Maley	...	Lucy Conover
Isobel Elsom	...	Mrs. Charlotte Ogden
Patricia Tiernan	...	Stella Leatham (as Patricia Livingston)
Kim Charney	...	Bax Leatham
Ray Teal	...	Salt Pork
Nestor Paiva	...	Tortilla
James Griffith	...	Kipper
Dorothy Crider	...	Jane Gibbons (uncredited)
John Dierkes	...	Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
Frank Hagney	...	Blacksmith (uncredited)
Mary Adams Hayes	...	Extra (uncredited)
Charles Horvath	...	Indian Chief (uncredited)
Reed Howes	...	Well-Wishing Officer (uncredited)
Francis McDonald	...	Colonel Chivington's Aide (uncredited)
Charles Meredith	...	Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Madge Meredith	...	Hazel McCasslin (uncredited)
Ainslie Pryor	...	Col. Chivington (uncredited)
Hugh Sanders	...	Sergeant Webber (uncredited)

 

 

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

 

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA more

 

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation more