Directed by:
Gordon DouglasCinematography:
Lionel LindonComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon Chaney Jr., Neville Brand, Jeff Corey, Warner Anderson, Steve Brodie, Terry Kilburn, Hugh Sanders (more)Plots(1)
Capt. Richard Lance is an officer who is both respected and hated by his men, due to his by-the-book methods. Then one day, he and a small team of soldiers are assigned to keep watch over a mountain outstation, until the other troops arrive to retrieve them. Realizing that the nearby Apaches will surely attack their small, vulnerable group, Lance decides to choose the men who despise him the most for the life-threatening task... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Gregory Peck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/211/164211010_4fe32c.jpg)
Gregory Peck
USA
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Big Country (1958)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
![Barbara Payton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/400/400517_b9fd50.jpg)
Barbara Payton
USA
Best movies:
Only the Valiant (1951)
Murder Is My Beat (1955)
4 for Texas (1963)
![Ward Bond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496837_676b1d.jpg)
Ward Bond
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Gig Young](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387792_1551db.png)
Gig Young
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Rear Window (1954)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
![Lon Chaney Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/612/162612083_76508c.jpg)
Lon Chaney Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Love Is News (1937)
![Neville Brand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247400_905051.jpg)
Neville Brand
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Jeff Corey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/871/164871666_c9eb1b.png)
Jeff Corey
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Little Big Man (1970)
In Cold Blood (1967)
![Warner Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172611_ee8078.jpg)
Warner Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
![Steve Brodie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/558/159558056_8a2868.jpg)
Steve Brodie
USA
Best movies:
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Winchester '73 (1950)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Terry Kilburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/926/159926222_9021d2.jpg)
Terry Kilburn
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Random Harvest (1942)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
![Hugh Sanders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247449_12393f.jpg)
Hugh Sanders
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Storm Warning (1951)
Only the Valiant (1951)
![Michael Ansara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634751_d7ccaa.jpg)
Michael Ansara
Syria
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Nana Bryant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763626_e0d6dc.jpg)
Nana Bryant
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Harvey (1950)
![John Doucette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779805_ca9ab7.gif)
John Doucette
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Cleopatra (1963)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![William Newell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888726_7b607c.jpg)
William Newell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
David Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Adam's Rib (1949)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
![Dan Riss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/438/160438330_e3cde1.jpg)
Dan Riss
USA
Best movies:
Only the Valiant (1951)
Human Desire (1954)
The Enforcer (1951)
![Clark Howat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/390/161390372_8cd41e.jpg)
Clark Howat
USA
Best movies:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Airport (1970)
![John Halloran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/428/161428373_6a82a2.jpg)
John Halloran
Australia
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
![Herbert Heyes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/529/161529679_e56f22.jpg)
Herbert Heyes
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
The Ten Commandments (1956)