Springfield Rifle

IMDb link: 0045184
IMDb rating: 6.6 (2,629 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Drama, Western, War
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paul Kelly, David Brian, Phyllis Thaxter and others

Release date: 25 Oct 1952
Release year: 1952
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: american civil war, freebooter, new mexico territory, courage, wilhelm scream, u.s. cavalry horses, rifle, confederate spy, spy ring, based on story

Plot:

Major Lex Kearney, dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, has actually volunteered 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.

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