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A trail guide leading a wagon train to the West in the 1840s discovers that the U.S. and Mexico are at war.
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Jim Stockton (as James Davis)
Nancy Hadley ...
Consuela Montalvo
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Beaver McBride
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Don Carlos Montalvo
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Lt. Kilpatrick (as Don O'Kelly)
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Ben Wright
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Lt. Ruiz
John Marshall ...
Gen. Torena
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Lopez
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Charley Bridger
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Augustina
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Cmdr. Kimball
Herman Rudin ...
Chief Taztay
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Toyon
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Dina Caesar ...
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Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Sid Kane ...
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Barbara Mansell ...
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Norman Pabst ...
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Allan Ray ...
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Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Directed by

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Edward L. Cahn

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George Bruce ... (story "Kit Carson")
 
Orville H. Hampton ... (screenplay) (as Owen Harris)

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Robert E. Kent ... producer

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Paul Sawtell
Bert Shefter

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Maury Gertsman

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Kenneth G. Crane ... (as Kenneth Crane)

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Ralph Acton

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Serge Krizman

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James Roach

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Frances Sperry ... hair stylist
Harry Thomas ... makeup artist

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Joseph Small ... production manager

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Herbert S. Greene ... first assistant director

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Max Frankel ... property master

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Alfred R. Bird ... special effects editor (as Al Bird)
Earl Snyder ... sound (as Earle Snyder)

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Einar Bourman ... wardrobe
Marjorie Wahl ... wardrobe

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Lloyd Young ... music editor

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Lewis Jarrard ... script supervisor (as Lewis W. Jarrard)

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Buzz Gibson ... chief technician
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Plot Summary

In about as close to a swipe as possible from 1940's "Kit Carson" with Jon Hall, and no accident since George Bruce wrote both, frontier scout Jim Stockton agrees to lead a wagon trail to Mexico-owned California, but is not aware that Mexico has declared war on the U.S., or that General Torena has formed an alliance with Chief Taztay. While the audience is waiting for some actor they ever heard of to show up besides Jim Davis, Taztay attacks the wagon train but is driven off. Jim follows and encounters Mexican-army Lieutenant Ruiz and they duel sword (Ruiz) against firearm (Stockton) and Stockton wins while setting up the line in "The Enforcers" about a dummy who brings a knife to a gun fight. Good loser Ruiz tells Stockton about the war. The wagon train arrives at Monterey as General Torena's forces attack the garrison. Outnumbered, Commander Kimball agrees to let Stockton dynamite the fort rather than allow it to fall to the Mexicans. Turns out to be a good plan as the loud explosions demoralize the Mexican army troops and they scatter hasta la vista. Jim rewards himself for a job well done by marrying wagon train passenger Consuela. Written by Les Adams

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Also Known As
  • Frontiera indiana (Italy)
  • Revoltă pe frontieră (Romania)
  • Zwischen den Fronten (West Germany)
  • Fronteiras em Chamas (Brazil)
  • Zwischen den Fronten (Austria)
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  • 68 min
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Trivia The battle between the Shoshone and the U.S. cavalry troops riding into an ambush in the Medicine Rock boxed canyon uses footage recycled from the film 'Davy Crockett, Indian Scout' (1950). In that film the same footage is used to depict a battle between Kiowa and U.S. cavalry troops attempting to cross the mountains through the Manitou Pass. See more »
Goofs Although the story takes place in California in the 1840s, and an effort was made to have American and Mexican soldiers wear the appropriate uniforms of the time, the civilians are wearing the familiar Stetson-type cowboy hats, vests, boots and other clothing that can be seen in any western set in the 1880s-1890s Southwest, which weren't worn in the California of the 1840s. See more »
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