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The Outriders

The Outriders

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 1, 1950

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Western

User Score

69%

Original Title

The Outriders

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Roy Rowland

Description

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....