As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Errol Flynn
• Olivia de Havilland
• Raymond Massey
• Ronald Reagan
• Alan Hale
• William Lundigan
• Van Heflin
• Gene Reynolds