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....
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Outriders, The (1950)
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Cast
Joel McCrea
Will Owen
Arlene Dahl
Jen Gort
Barry Sullivan
Jesse Wallace
Claude Jarman Jr.
Roy Gort
Ramon Novarro
Don Antonio Chaves
Ted de Corsia
Bye
Martín Garralaga
Father Damasco
Jeff Corey
Keeley
James Whitmore
Clint Priest
Russell Simpson
Farmer (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Outrider (uncredited)
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