"A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter."
Kirk Douglas
as Johnny Hawks
Elsa Martinelli
as Onahti
Walter Matthau
as Wes Todd
Diana Douglas
as Susan Rogers
Walter Abel
as Captain Trask
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Chivington (as Lon Chaney)
Eduard Franz
as Red Cloud
Harry Landers
as Grey Wolf / Captain Trask Attaché
Alan Hale Jr.
as Will Crabtree (as Alan Hale)
Michael Winkelman
as Tommy Rogers
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
Ray Teal
as Morgan
Frank Cady
as Trader Joe
Hank Worden
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Lane Chandler
as Head Settler (uncredited)
Robert "Buzz" Henry
as Lt. Shaeffer (uncredited)
André de Toth
Director
Robert L. Richards
Story
Frank Davis
Screenplay
Ben Hecht
Anne Douglas
Casting Director
Jack Voglin
Assistant Director
Dave Koehler
Special Effects
Tom Connors Jr.
Joe Edmondson
Sound Recordist
Frank Mattison
Production Manager
Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist
Samuel P. Norton
Associate Producer
William Schorr
Producer
Wilfrid M. Cline
Director of Photography
Wiard B. Ihnen
Art Direction
Richard Cahoon
Editor
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Executive Producer
Norm Taylor
Stunts
Bob Folkerson
Richard Farnsworth
Ted V. Mikels