Oscar-winning western starring John Wayne
Joanne Dru
As his final mission, a US Cavalry officer is assigned to escort two women from a fort to a stagecoach halt. But when he sees a hostile group of Arapaho Indians he decides to make a detourto avoid a confrontation. He misses the rendezvous and is "retired" before he can finish his mission, leaving colleagues to face almost certai n attack. Inabidtoaverta full-scale Indian war, he decides to take action on his own.
Director John Ford (1949)
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