After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
John Wayne
as Colonel John Henry Thomas
Rock Hudson
as Colonel James Langdon
Antonio Aguilar
as General Rojas
Roman Gabriel
as Blue Boy
Marian McCargo
as Ann
Lee Meriwether
as Margaret
Merlin Olsen
as Little George
Melissa Newman
as Charlotte
Bruce Cabot
as Jeff Newby
Jan-Michael Vincent
as Bubba Wilkes
Ben Johnson
as Short Grub
Edward Faulkner
as Anderson
