Column South
Column South is a 1953 American Western film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Audie Murphy and Joan Evans.
Plot
In 1861, prior to the American Civil War, a Union officer, tries to prove local Navajo Indians were innocent of killing a prospector. He has to fight the anti-Indian attitudes of his superior officer and north–south tensions among the soldiers. He discovers Confederate sympathizers are planning to cause the Indians to go on the warpath for their benefit.Cast
- Audie Murphy as Lt. Jed Sayre
- Joan Evans as Marcy Whitlock
- Robert Sterling as Capt. Lee Whitlock
- Ray Collins as Brig. Gen. Storey
- Dennis Weaver as Menguito
- Gregg Palmer as Chalmers
- Russell Johnson as Corp. Biddle
- Jack Kelly as Trooper Vaness
- Johnny Downs as Lt. Posick
- Bob [Steele (actor)|Bob Steele] as 1st Sgt. McAfee
- James Best as Primrose
- Ralph Moody as Joe Copper Face
- Rico Alaniz as Trooper Chavez