After a band of Native Americans kill a group of soldiers, Sergeant Hook captures them and their leader, Nanches. Among the prisoners is Nanches' son and the boy's white mother, who was captured nine years earlier. Hook is assigned to escort the mother and son to the woman's husband. As they travel by stagecoach, they learn that Nanches has escaped, and soon he and his warriors arrive, determined to reclaim the boy. Cast: - Joel McCrea as Sgt. Clovis Hook - Barbara Stanwyck as Cora Sutliff - Earl Holliman as Jeff Bennett - Edward Andrews as Charlie Travers - John Dehner as Fred Sutliff - Susan Kohner as Consuela - Royal Dano as Mr. Trude - Cathleen Nesbitt as Señora Sandoval - Stanley Adams as Heathcliff - Terry Lawrence as Quito - Rodolfo Acosta as Nanchez (credited as Rudolfo Acosta) - Richard Shannon as Trooper Ryan - Sheb Wooley as Townsman - Jeanne Bates as Weaver's Daughter - Patrick O'Moore as Col. Adam Weaver - Cyril Delevanti as Junius - Rush Williams as Cpl. Stoner - Alfred Linder - Paul Newlan as Mr. Wilson - Dee J. Thompson as Tess (credited as D. J. Thompson) - Mary Gregory - Charles Gray as Soldier Runtime: 80 minutes.