The Texans

After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.

Cast

Randolph Scott

as Kirk Jordan

Joan Bennett

as Ivy Preston

May Robson

as Granna

Walter Brennan

as Chuckawalla

Robert Cummings

as Alan Sanford

Raymond Hatton

as Cal Tuttle

Robert Barrat

as Isaiah Middlebrack

Harvey Stephens

as Lt. David Nichols

Francis Ford

as Uncle Dud

Bill Roberts

as Singin' Cy

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