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
Troy Donahue
2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
Suzanne Pleshette
Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring
Diane McBain
Laura Frelief
James Gregory
Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
William Reynolds
1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring
Claude Akins
Seely Jones
Kent Smith
Secretary of War
Bartlett Robinson
Major Hiram Prescott
Mary Patton
Jessica Prescott
Larry Ward
Sgt. Kroger
Richard X. Slattery
Sgt. Fry
Bobby Bare
Pvt. Cranshaw
Lane Bradford
Major Miller
Russell Johnson
Captain Brinker
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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