Der letzte Befehl
Während des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs erhält Nordstaaten-Colonel Marlowe den Befehl, mit seiner Kavallerie-Brigade Gleisanlagen und Brücken auf dem Gebiet der Konföderierten zu zerstören, um den Südstaatlern den Nachschub abzuschneiden. Bei dem gefährlichen Einsatz kommt es zu wachsenden Spannungen zwischen dem Colonel und dem Arzt der Truppe. Denn der weigert sich, Verwundete im Kriegsgebiet zurückzulassen.
Director John Ford
Trailer
Cast
Ken Curtis
Cpl. Wilkie
Willis Bouchey
Col. Phil Secord
Strother Martin
Virgil
William Leslie
Gray
Michael Jeffers
Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
John Wayne
Col John Marlowe
Constance Towers
Miss Hannah Hunter
Hoot Gibson
Sgt. Brown
Stuart Holmes
Passenger to Newton Station (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Union Sergeant (uncredited)
Bing Russell
Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
William Forrest
Gen. Steve Hurlburt
Richard H. Cutting
Gen. William T. Sherman (uncredited)
John George
Townsman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Newton Station Bartender (uncredited)
Judson Pratt
Sgt Major Kirby
Denver Pyle
Jackie Jo
Basil Ruysdael
The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy)
Carleton Young
Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA
Wilbur Mack
Townsman (uncredited)
William Henry
Captain
Helen Gibson
Townswoman (uncredited)
Stan Jones
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Bugler (uncredited)
O.Z. Whitehead
Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Walter Reed
Union Officer
Anna Lee
Mrs. Buford
Ron Hagerthy
Bugler
Bill Borzage
Townsman (uncredited)
John Ford
Ned (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Mitch (uncredited), Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell (uncredited)
William Holden
Major 'Hank' Kendall
Hank Worden
Deacon Clump
Gertrude Astor
Townswoman (uncredited)
George Sowards
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Union Captain
Russell Simpson
Henry Goodbody
Mike Steen
Unknown (uncredited)