Captain Peck is ordered not to take a Indian chief to another fort as he is indispensable in the running of the fort the platoon are currently based in. The man who does go is killed and everyone blames Peck and thinks him a coward - he of course is too brave (stupid?) to explain himself. He sets off on another suicide mission with the men who accuse him.
Pretty much standard comboys and indians stuff with the support cast playing to their usual type eg Ward Bond - seasoned soldier forever drunk, Neville Brand - touch guy, Lon Chaney - nutcase etc. It's all very standard stuff, albeit a little more bloody than usual but held together nicely by another best stiff upper lip performance from Gregory Peck.
Pretty much standard comboys and indians stuff with the support cast playing to their usual type eg Ward Bond - seasoned soldier forever drunk, Neville Brand - touch guy, Lon Chaney - nutcase etc. It's all very standard stuff, albeit a little more bloody than usual but held together nicely by another best stiff upper lip performance from Gregory Peck.