The Outriders

"M-G-M's NEW TECHNICOLOR ADVENTURE ROMANCE!"

Mar 1 1950 Not Rated 1h 33m
Romance, Western

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....

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Plot

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from Camp Benton, a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to to go to Santa Fe to join a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting $1miilion in Union gold to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap at Cow Creek in Missouri, but one of them builds friendships with the wagon train travelers and a widow and he continues to have doubts and misgivings..

Written by

Irving Ravetch

Directed by

Roy Rowland

Cast

Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

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Trailers
Outriders, The (1950)
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# of Votes
906
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
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