Overview

A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.

Cast

Van Heflin

Maj. Neal Benton

Anne Bancroft

Katy Bishop

Richard Boone

Capt. Lionel Foster

Lee Marvin

Lt. Keating

Tommy Rettig

Larry Bishop

Peter Graves

Capt. Frank Dwyer

Douglas Spencer

Rev. Douglas

Paul Cavanagh

Col. Tucker

Will Wright

Josiah Anderson

James Best

Lt. Robinson

John Dierkes

Cpl. Fred Deane

Helen Ford

Delphine Coates