

In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard makes the desert look expensive.
Costume
Uniforms so crisp you could cut yourself.
Direction
Raoul Walsh's final film—he deserved better.

Director
Raoul Walsh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Walsh was 77 and partially blind during filming. He directed from a wheelchair with assistants guiding actors.
This was Warner Bros.' last big-budget Western in VistaVision, a dying format for a dying genre.
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