
The Outriders
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....
Release Date: 1950-03-01
Western
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Casts

Joel McCrea
as Will Owen

Arlene Dahl
as Jen Gort

Barry Sullivan
as Jesse Wallace

Claude Jarman Jr.
as Roy Gort

Ramon Novarro
as Don Antonio Chaves

Ted de Corsia
as Bye

Martín Garralaga
as Father Damasco

Jeff Corey
as Keeley

James Whitmore
as Clint Priest

Russell Simpson
as Farmer (uncredited)