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Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.
Theatrical
Feb 22, 1953
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 29, 1999
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Walter Wanger Productions, Allied Artists Pictures
Cast
Full credits →S
Sterling Hayden
Capt. John Nelson
E
Eve Miller
Barbara Bruce
B
Barton MacLane
Cal Bruce
H
Harry Shannon
Smokestack the Train Engineer
T
Tom Fadden
Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman
R
Reed Hadley
Bill Quantrill
D
Douglas Fowley
Max Janus
R
Robert Keys
Lt. Stanton (as Bob Keys)
I
Irving Bacon
Casey
M
Myron Healey
Morey
J
James Griffith
Joe Farley
C
Clayton Moore
Henchman Stone
J
Jonathan Hale
Sherman Johnson
