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Springfield Rifle

The Gun... The Girl... They Made One Man The Equal Of Five!

Springfield Rifle

1952-10-221 hour 33 minutes

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trust and is put in a position where he can discover who has been giving them secret information revealing the routes of the horse shipments.

Top Billed Cast

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney

Phyllis Thaxter

Phyllis Thaxter

Erin Kearney

David Brian

David Brian

Austin McCool

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Lt. Col John Hudson

Philip Carey

Philip Carey

Capt. Edward Tennick

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Pete Elm

James Millican

James Millican

Matthew Quint

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Sgt. Snow

Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr.

Mizzell

Martin Milner

Martin Milner

Pvt. Olie Larsen

Wilton Graff

Wilton Graff

Col. George Sharpe

George Eldredge

George Eldredge

Judge Advocate (uncredited)

Fess Parker

Fess Parker

Jim Randolph (uncredited)

Ewing Mitchell

Ewing Mitchell

Capt. Spencer (uncredited)

Richard Hale

Richard Hale

Gen. Halleck (uncredited)

James Brown

James Brown

Pvt. Ferguson (uncredited)