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A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 56%. Most of the 101 1940s western movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Max, Prime, and Tubi.
Synopsis
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
66 audience votes
Key crew
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Robert BucknerScreenplay
- Michael CurtizDirector
Cast
- Errol FlynnJeb Stuart
- Olivia de HavillandKit Carson Holliday
- Raymond MasseyJohn Brown
- Ronald ReaganGeorge Custer
- Alan HaleTex Bell
- William LundiganBob Holliday
- Van HeflinRader
- Gene ReynoldsJason Brown
- Henry O'NeillCyrus Brody
- Guinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsWindy Brody
- Alan BaxterOliver Brown
- John LitelMartin
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Themes
fightslaveryfanaticbetrayalgun battlewest pointsanta fe trailabolitionistwestern expansionfriends love same womanrailroad constructionfictionalized history