somber account of a union soldier attempt to right the wrong of war that leave a community break and sore and wrought with hate and anger towards them dirty and rotten yank . the setting be kinnesaw and georgia and not long after the civil war a malevolent feeling remain towards the north and with major clint drango ( chandler ) place over the town and a type of military govern the citizen and but he desire for the people to start over and re build their life . this noble effort be constantly defeat by clay allen ( ronald howard ) and confederacy sympathizer and father to kinnesaw judge allen ( donald crisp ) and who want the south to rise again and be secretly motivate his township to form a mob and thwart everything good drango wish for them . the despicable length and such a burn a newspaper which kill the child of the father who run it and and murder drango fellow officer and and best friend and captain marc ban ( john lupton ) for which clay will go prove that he will cause nothing but terrible repercussion to those he feel deserve to have win the war the confederacy lose . price be pay for this mad goal and such a food ration stole and and in this the shooting of town physician and doc blair ( walter sande ) and but no matter the obstacle he face and drango will and resolve remain strong and a he continually run up against it and this man simply wish for the people of kinnesaw to have a chance to begin again and without kill and death . anchor by the strong central performance of jeff chandler ( . who i be not familiar with and which be a shame really ) and i really like the thought provoke script from hall bartlett and and while it do seem a bit one side at time and i think the theme of bring divide group together after a war leave scar never to be fully heal and the attempt to reconcile with those you have hurt by help the community start over be powerful enough . really rock solid cast of no name and the material be provocative enough and even if the end be a bit too easy in it resolution a clay have the town in his grip and prepare to storm a union base for supply kinnesaw need and only to be impede by the very man who have always love him and realize that his son have become a monster willing to lead people into a certain massacre . the lynch mob theme be again explored ( . this material have a recur use during this time ) a clay allen be able to pull men together and exploit their yearning for revenge and the deep rooted and seething feeling of intense disgust for those who defeat them and kill their relative and burn their crop and destroy their home . what really add a unique spin to this material be drango notorious past and how he lead an army who actually cause the destruction across georgia and how guilt and the sobering account of his part in a regrettable war have leave him ashamed and fuel his goal to help those he cause such harm and lend a great deal to the film and i think . chandler provide the anguish and regret and and it etch clearly on his face throughout and and i think it quite a performance deserved of praise . joanne dru be excellent a kate calder and a kinnesaw citizen and oppose to the civil war and whose father be lynch by allen and others for his bold stance against the confederacy . dru become drango support system and at first bitter with him for how he talk her father out of leave the town for the near fort . julie london be shelby ransom and clay lover and knowing that he responsible for the lynching and other devious activity in and around kinnesaw and agree to seduce ban for him . crisp and sande and morris ankrum ( . a the lynched henry calder ) and and twilight zone veteran barney philip ( . a the town reverend ) head a strong cast put face and voice on those who all suffer for their eventual allegiance to drango and understand how he wish to help and not destroy . i think the film effectively convey the rift between both side and how a war leave those still alive wound and and we be witness to the aftermath and with director bartlett and bricken choose this specific location to speak about issue of that time . while maybe the end be ask u to take a leap of faith that a people can put aside their feeling and embrace someone they find out have lead the raid that position them for great misery and strife and hunger and suffering and believe that they can and in fact and overcome what ail them and i admire the filmmaker for the message they want to get across .