Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.
Cast
Sterling Hayden
Capt. John Nelson
Eve Miller
Barbara Bruce
Barton MacLane
Cal Bruce
Harry Shannon
Smokestack the Train Engineer
Tom Fadden
Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman
Reed Hadley
Bill Quantrill
Douglas Fowley
Max Janus
Robert Keys
Lt. Stanton (as Bob Keys)
Irving Bacon
Casey
Myron Healey
Morey
James Griffith
Joe Farley
Clayton Moore
Henchman Stone
Jonathan Hale
Sherman Johnson
Crew
Ray Nazarro
Director
Daniel B. Ullman
Writer
Walter Hannemann
Editor
William Austin
Editor
Harry Neumann
Director of Photography
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director
Walter Wanger
Producer
Edward Morey Jr.
Associate Producer
Charles Cooper
Sound Recordist
Albert Sendrey
Original Music Composer
Marlin Skiles
Music Director
Ilona Vas
Script Supervisor
Allen K. Wood
Production Manager
Dave Milton
Art Direction
