In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.

Starring:

Anne Barton, Connie Sawyer, Eddie Little Sky, Elisabeth Fraser, Eve McVeagh, Everett Creach, Gary Morris, Hal Lynch, Harry Carey Jr, Jack Elam, John Mitchum, Katherine Justice, Kirk Douglas, Lola Albright, Michael Keep, Michael McGreevey, Michael Witney, Nick Cravat, Patric Knowles, Paul Lukather, Paul Wexler, Peggy Stewart, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitc

Genre:

Western