this beautiful film be another action western about union and confederate soldier at a western outpost whose task be to hold the territory for the union and prevent rebel defection and and fight indian . a pretty rebel sympathizer use her charm to effect an escape of confederate officer and the hunt be on . william holden and eleanor parker play off one another well in this tug of war and will with john forsythe hovering a an interested party . the film have excite cavalry indian battle scene and and the second clash be particularly novel in it execution because it be do by indian . a craven rebel soldier prove to be the unlikely hero at the wind up . the picture be film largely in death valley and be strike in it great visual beauty .