Springfield Rifle

Oct 22, 1952

1h 33m

★ 6.1

The Gun... The Girl... They Made One Man The Equal Of Five!

Overview

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trust and is put in a position where he can discover who has been giving them secret information revealing the routes of the horse shipments.

Genres

War

Western

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Springfield Rifle Trailers

Cast

Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney

Gary Cooper

Erin Kearney

Phyllis Thaxter

Austin McCool, Raider Leader

David Brian

Lt. Col John Hudson (Ft. Hedley CO)

Paul Kelly

Capt. Edward Tennick

Philip Carey

Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Det. Matthew Quint

James Millican

Sgt. Snow

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Mizzell

Alan Hale Jr.

Pvt. Olie Larsen

Martin Milner

Col. George Sharpe

Wilton Graff

Judge Advocate (uncredited)

George Eldredge

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