Springfield Rifle
- Released on
- Runtime
- 93 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Gary Cooper
- Phyllis Thaxter
- David Brian
- Paul Kelly
- Philip Carey
- Lon Chaney Jr.
- James Millican
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
- Alan Hale Jr.
- Martin Milner
- Wilton Graff
- George Eldredge
- Fess Parker
- Ewing Mitchell
- Richard Hale
- James Brown
- Michael Chapin
- Ben Corbett
- Vince Barnett
- William Fawcett
- Edward Hearn
- Art Felix
- Mike Ragan
- Nedrick Young
- Jack Woody
- Tony Urchel
- Artie Ortego
- Ric Roman
- Poodles Hanneford
- George Sowards
- Jack Tornek
- William Steele
- Philo McCullough
- Ralph Sanford
- Rory Mallinson
- Fred Kelsey
- Stuart Hall
- Dick Gordon
Director
- André de Toth
Producers
- Louis F. Edelman
Screenwriter
- Charles Marquis Warren
- Frank Davis
