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Cavalry Scout
“LT. SPAUDLING - He brought gallant love to a lawless town...and fury to the wilderness beyond!”
6.0 / 10• 1951• 1h 18m•NR• English
RomanceActionAdventureWestern
Storyline
Kirby Frye, a former Confederate officer but now a Union Cavalry scout, is sent into Montana territory to locate and retrieve three Gatling Guns stolen from the U.S. Arsenal by outlaws believed to have taken them west to sell to the Soiux and Cheyenne. The trail leads him to Red Bluff where, aided by Claire Corville, he and the audience discover together and real quick like that Martin Gavin, a supposedly-honest operator of a freight line, has the guns and intends to exchange them to the Indians for furs.
Cast & Crew
Rod Cameron
Kirby Frye
Lead
Audrey Long
Claire Conville
Jim Davis
Lt. Spaulding
James Millican
Martin Gavin
James Arness
Barth
John Doucette
Varney
Frank Wilcox
Matson
William Phillips
Sgt. Wilkins
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lesley Selander's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cavalry Scout is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
