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.
Errol Flynn
Jeb Stuart
Olivia de Havilland
Kit Carson Holliday
Raymond Massey
John Brown
Ronald Reagan
George Custer
Alan Hale
Tex Bell
William Lundigan
Bob Holliday
Van Heflin
Rader
Gene Reynolds
Jason Brown
Henry O'Neill
Cyrus Brody
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Windy Brody
Alan Baxter
Oliver Brown
John Litel
Martin
Moroni Olsen
Robert E. Lee
David Bruce
Phil Sheridan
Hobart Cavanaugh
Barber Doyle
Charles D. Brown
Major Sumner
Joe Sawyer
Kitzmiller
Frank Wilcox
James Longstreet
Ward Bond
Townley
Russell Simpson
Shubel Morgan
Charles Middleton
Gentry
Erville Alderson
Jefferson Davis
Spencer Charters
Conductor
Susan Peters
Charlotte
William Marshall
George Pickett
George Haywood
John Hood
Arthur Aylesworth
Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
Engineer (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Agitator in Palmyra (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Party Guest (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
Jess Lee Brooks
Doorman at Washington Party (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
Officer's Wife at Party (uncredited)
Lucia Carroll
Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Armory Guard (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Adjutant (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
Cadet (uncredited)
Mildred Coles
Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Preacher at Wedding (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Brewer, Armory Hostage (uncredited)
Mildred Gover
Mammy (uncredited)
Mitzi Green
Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Henry Hall
Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Maid (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Abolitionist in Armory (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Officer Reading Names of Graduates (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Western Boy (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Dispatch Rider (uncredited)
Richard Kipling
Army Doctor Attending Jason (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Weiner (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Engineer (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Man with Surveyor (uncredited)
Lafe McKee
Minister (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Kansas Townsman (uncredited)
Mira McKinney
Survivor at Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
John Meyer
Workman (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Extra in Washington Party (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Surveyor (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)