Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Alan Ladd | ... | Johnny MacKay | |
Audrey Dalton | ... | Nancy Meek | |
Marisa Pavan | ... | Toby | |
Robert Keith | ... | Bill Satterwhite | |
Rodolfo Acosta | ... | Scarface Charlie | |
Charles Bronson | ... | Kintpuash - aka Captain Jack | |
Warner Anderson | ... | Gen. Canby | |
Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | Blaine Crackel | |
Anthony Caruso | ... | Manok | |
Richard Gaines | ... | Dr. Thomas | |
Hayden Rorke | ... | President Ulysses S. Grant | |
Frank DeKova | ... | Modoc Jim | |
Perry Lopez | ... | Bogus Charlie | |
Isabel Jewell | ... | Lily White | |
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Peggy Converse | ... | Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant |
President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate peace with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack's group engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay eventually ends up tracking Captain Jack down and fighting him one-on-one to apprehend him. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
The stronghold was actually in the lava beds of northern california, now a monument ... this indian war got strung out mostly because army resupply came over the mountains from medford by mule to the klamath valley ... the modocs were successful by inhibiting the resupply ... there is a book called the modoc wars that explains all .. filming done in an arizona location did not even come close to the actual north central california and south central oregon area where the real actions took place