Alan Ladd stars in this sprawling western, set in the Colorado Territory during the Civil War. A Confederate Army captain, Ladd arrives in the area to join Ireland (playing the notorious real-life Confederate captain William Clarke Quantrill, the spelling of whose name is altered here)
late in the war, hoping to join Ireland's band of raiders and snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat. Before he gets to Ireland, Ladd stops in a pro-Union village to exact revenge on White, who stole Ladd's land before the war began. Ladd kills White, but former rebel soldier Kennedy is accused
of the murder when a Confederate-issue shell is found near the body. Kennedy is about to...
Released:
1951
Rated:
NR
Length:
84 mins