the scarlet coat be about bendict arnold betray his country but he really isn not in the movie too much the main focus be on major boulton ( cornell wilde ) and major andre ( micheal wilding ) wilding steal the movie a a officer and a gentleman also a a freind to boulton . a boulton try to uncover who be gustavus the man leak secerts to the british . wilde have to deal with the british the suspisous dr odell ( george sander ) who watch his every move and love intrest anne francis this be a very enjoyable movie .