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Film, Texas’ta büyük bir sürü sahibi Thomas Dunson’ın (John Wayne) hayvanlarını satmak üzere sürüyü kuzeye, Missouri’ye doğru yola çıkarmasıyla başlar. Yol boyunca Dunson’ın değişen tavırları ve gaddarlığı, evlatlık oğlu Matt’in (Montgomery Clift) müdahale etmesine sebep olur. Erzak çalan üç kovboy yakalanır. Thomas Dunson, üç adamı asmak ister oğlu ise devreye girer ve iktidarı ele geçirir. Matt, sürüyü Thomas Dunson’ın elinden alarak Kansas’a doğru yönlendirmesine neden olur. Thomas Dunson, oğluna karşı intikam yemini eder ve peşine düşer.
Fragman
Oyuncular
Montgomery Clift
Matthew Garth
Noah Beery Jr.
Buster McGee
Richard Farnsworth
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Gambler (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
'Groot' Nadine
John Ireland
Cherry Valance
Pierce Lyden
Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
Fernandez (uncredited)
Ray Hyke
Walt Jergens
Coleen Gray
Fen
Hank Worden
Simms Reeves
Hal Taliaferro
Old Leather
Harry Cording
Gambler (uncredited)
Harry Carey
Mr. Melville
Davison Clark
Mr. Meeker (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
Naylor (uncredited)
John Wayne
Thomas Dunson
Paul Fix
Teeler Yacey
Carol Henry
Cowhand (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
Quitter (uncredited)
Dan White
Laredo (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Pete (uncredited)
Mickey Kuhn
Matt, as a Boy
Lane Chandler
Colonel (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Rider with Melville (uncredited)
Joanne Dru
Tess Millay
Chief Yowlachie
Quo
John Merton
Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Harry Carey Jr.
Dan Latimer