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Based on a true life story, Van Heflin stars as Major Neal Benton, leader of a group of Confederate soldiers who escape from a Union prison in New York and take refuge in Canada. He then comes up with the daring plan of crossing the border to take a small American town, creating a second front and diverting the North's attention from the South.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, War, Based-on-Novel, Based-on-True-Story, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1954) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Van Heflin	.... Maj. Neal Benton/Neal Swayze
Anne Bancroft	.... Katie Bishop
Richard Boone	.... Capt. Lionel Foster
Lee Marvin	.... Lt. Keating
Tommy Rettig	.... Larry Bishop
Peter Graves	.... Capt. Frank Dwyer

Supporting Cast:

Douglas Spencer	.... Rev. Lucas
Paul Cavanagh	.... Col. Tucker
Will Wright	.... Josiah Anderson
James Best	.... Lt. Robinson
John Dierkes	.... Cpl. Fred Deane
Helen Ford	.... Delphine Coates
Harry Hines	.... Mr. Danzig
Simon Scott	.... Capt. Floyd Henderson

Directors:

Hugo Fregonese

Writers:

Sydney Boehm
Francis M. Cockrell