| Release Date: | Apr 1950 |
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| Genre: | Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Western |
| Cast: | Ben Johnson (Travis Blue), Joanne Dru (Denver), Harry Carey Jr. (Sandy), Ward Bond (Elder Wiggs), Charles Kemper (Uncle Shiloh Clegg), Alan Mowbray (Dr. A. Locksley Hall), Jane Darwell (Sister Ledeyard), Ruth Clifford (Fleuretty Phyffe), Russell Simpson (Adam Perkins), Kathleen O'Malley (Prudence Perkins), James Arness (Floyd Clegg), Francis Ford (Mr. Peachtree), Fred Libby (Reese Clegg), Jim Thorpe (Navajo), Mickey Simpson (Jesse Clegg), Cliff Lyons (Marshall of Crystal City), Hank Worden (Luke Clegg), Don Summers (Sam Jenkins), Movita (Young Navajo Indian (as Movita...), Danny Borzage (Accordionist (uncredited)), Chuck Hayward (Jackson (uncredited)), Frank McGrath (Posse member (uncredited)) |
A group of Mormons hoping to found a new colony in the trackless San Juan River country hire horse traders Travis and Sandy as wagonmaster and guide. One attraction for Sandy is "redheaded gal" Prudence. Soon they're joined by Doc Hall's broken down medicine show, with "scarlet women" Denver and Fleuretty. Then the Clegg boys, slightly psycho outlaws, decide a Mormon wagon train will make ideal camouflage...