As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
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🔍 Search on JustWatch →This is cinema with character. It doesn't try to please everyone at once — it has its own position, its own intonation.
The film is honest with its audience. Doesn't promise more than it delivers — and that itself has value.
For those who find pleasure in details, not just in plot turns.
Director: Michael Curtiz
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Viewing atmosphere: With someone close, when there's time and mood. Not as background — it asks for attention.
Errol Flynn
Jeb Stuart
Olivia de Havilland
Kit Carson Holliday
Raymond Massey
John Brown
Ronald Reagan
George Custer
Alan Hale
Tex Bell
William Lundigan
Bob Holliday
Van Heflin
Rader
Gene Reynolds
Jason Brown
Henry O'Neill
Cyrus Brody
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Windy Brody
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