The Outriders

Mar 1, 1950

1h 33m

★ 6.9

M-G-M's NEW TECHNICOLOR ADVENTURE ROMANCE!

Overview

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....

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Will Owen

Joel McCrea

Jen Gort

Arlene Dahl

Jesse Wallace

Barry Sullivan

Roy Gort

Claude Jarman Jr.

Don Antonio Chaves

Ramon Novarro

Bye

Ted de Corsia

Father Damasco

Martín Garralaga

Keeley

Jeff Corey

Clint Priest

James Whitmore

Farmer (uncredited)

Russell Simpson

Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Dorothy Adams

Outrider (uncredited)

Gregg Barton

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