New Mexico Territory, August 1879. The few surviving members of a cavalry column, which has been relentlessly decimated by the Apaches, attempt to reach Fort Crain. On their way through a hostile land, the obsessive and ruthless Sergeant Vinson takes to the limit the battered will of the troopers under his command.

• The Mirisch Company
• United Artists
• Joel McCrea
• Forrest Tucker
• Susan Cabot
• John Russell
• George N. Neise
• Anthony Caruso
• Robert Osterloh
• Denver Pyle