A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
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Glenn Ford as John Parrish
Barbara Stanwyck as Martha Wilkison
Edward G. Robinson as Lee Wilkison
Dianne Foster as Judith Wilkison
Brian Keith as Cole Wilkison
May Wynn as Caroline Vail
Warner Anderson as Jim McCloud
Basil Ruysdael as Tex Hinkleman
Lita Milan as Elena
Richard Jaeckel as Wade Matlock
James Westerfield as Sheriff Magruder
Jack Kelly as De Rosa--Parrish Rider
Willis Bouchey as Sheriff Martin Kenner
Harry Shannon as Purdue
Richard Farnsworth as Anchor Rider (uncredited)
Peter Hansen as George Menefee (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson as Mahoney (uncredited)
Katherine Warren as Mrs. Vail (uncredited)
Raymond Greenleaf as Dr. Henry Crowell (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb as Anchor Rider (uncredited)
William Phipps as Bud Hinkleman (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw as Gunman (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford as Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Kenny as Barfly (uncredited)
Tex Holden as Townsman (uncredited)
Herman Hack as Townsman (uncredited)
Art Felix as Townsman (uncredited)
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