Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.
Cinematography
Early CinemaScope makes every landscape swallow the characters whole.
Acting
James Whitmore's sergeant steals every scene with weary authority.
Director
David Butler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Warner Bros.' first CinemaScope production—literally made to compete with Fox's widescreen monopoly. The 'Scope was the point.
Based on James Warner Bellah's short story, the same author whose work became Ford's Cavalry trilogy. This is the B-side of that legacy.
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