Director: Andrι de Toth

Writers: Frank Davis; Sloan Nibley; Charles Marquis Warren

Music by: Max Steiner

Producer: Louis F. Edelman

Keywords: Western, Civil War, Espionage

Horses are being repeatedly diverted from the Union Army to the Confederacy, enough so that it is clearly an inside job. Gary Cooper plays Maj. Lex Kearney, who has himself cashiered from the Army for cowardice so that he might infiltrate the raiders to undercover the spy. The title of the film is almost incidental; the new repeating rifle is introduced toward the end.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Brian	Actor	5-Aug-1914	15-Jul-1993	Mr. District Attorney
Philip Carey	Actor	15-Jul-1925	6-Feb-2009	One Life to Live
Lon Chaney, Jr.	Actor	10-Feb-1906	12-Jul-1973	The Wolf Man
Gary Cooper	Actor	7-May-1901	14-May-1961	High Noon
Wilton Graff	Actor	13-Aug-1903	13-Jan-1969	Bloodlust!
Alan Hale, Jr.	Actor	8-Mar-1921	2-Jan-1990	The Skipper on Gilligan's Island
Paul Kelly	Actor	9-Aug-1899	6-Nov-1956	Flying Tigers
James Millican	Actor	17-Feb-1910	24-Nov-1955	American character actor
Martin Milner	Actor	28-Dec-1931	6-Sep-2015	LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12
Phyllis Thaxter	Actor	20-Nov-1921	14-Aug-2012	The World of Henry Orient
Guinn Williams	Actor	26-Apr-1899	6-Jun-1962	Santa Fe Trail

CAST

Gary Cooper	...   Maj. Lex Kearney
Also Starring
Phyllis Thaxter	...   Erin Kearney
David Brian	...   Austin McCool
With
Paul Kelly	...   Lt. Col Hudson
Lon Chaney, Jr.	...   Elm
Philip Carey	...   Capt. Tennick
James Millican	...   Matthew Quint
Guinn Williams	...   Sgt. Snow
Alan Hale, Jr.	...   Mizzell
Martin Milner	...   Olie Larsen
Wilton Graff	...   Col. Sharpe

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