The Outriders

Overview

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....

Cast

Joel McCrea

Will Owen

Arlene Dahl

Jen Gort

Barry Sullivan

Jesse Wallace

Claude Jarman Jr.

Roy Gort

Ramon Novarro

Don Antonio Chaves

Ted de Corsia

Bye

Martín Garralaga

Father Damasco

Jeff Corey

Keeley

James Whitmore

Clint Priest

Russell Simpson

Farmer (uncredited)

Dorothy Adams

Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Gregg Barton

Outrider (uncredited)