A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
Van Heflin | Maj. Neal Benton |
Anne Bancroft | Katy Bishop |
Richard Boone | Capt. Lionel Foster |
Lee Marvin | Lt. Keating |
Tommy Rettig | Larry Bishop |
Peter Graves | Capt. Frank Dwyer |
Douglas Spencer | Rev. Douglas |
Paul Cavanagh | Col. Tucker |
Will Wright | Josiah Anderson |
James Best | Lt. Robinson |
John Dierkes | Cpl. Fred Deane |
Helen Ford | Delphine Coates |