Set in 1854 at West Point, Superintendent Robert E. Lee oversees cadets including J.E.B. Stuart (Errol Flynn) and George A. Custer (Ronald Reagan). Tensions rise when a cadet reads aloud abolitionist John Brown's pamphlets, stirring secessionist sentiment. Upon graduation, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis delivers the address, and Stuart and Custer are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry in Kansas. There, they confront the threat posed by John Brown. Cast: - Errol Flynn as James "Jeb" Stuart - Olivia de Havilland as Kit Carson Holliday - Raymond Massey as John Brown - Ronald Reagan as George Armstrong Custer - Alan Hale as Tex Bell - William Lundigan as Bob Holliday - Van Heflin as Carl Rader - Gene Reynolds as Jason Brown - Henry O'Neill as Cyrus K. Holliday - Guinn Williams as Windy Brody - Alan Baxter as Oliver Brown - Moroni Olsen as Robert E. Lee - Erville Alderson as Jefferson Davis Runtime: 109 minutes