Arrow In The Dust

A cavalry deserter poses as a major and leads a wagon train with a hidden cargo of repeating rifles.

Cast

Sterling Hayden

as Bart Laish

Coleen Gray

as Christella Burke

Keith Larsen

as Lt. Steve King

Tom Tully

as Crowshaw

Jimmy Wakely

as Pvt. Carqueville

Tudor Owen

as Tillotson

Lee Van Cleef

as Tillotson Henchman

John Pickard

as Sgt. Lybarger

Carleton Young

as Maj. Andy Pepperis

Iron Eyes Cody

as Chief Rasacura (uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

The Laramie Redemption. Arrow in the Dust is directed by Lesley Selander and adapted to screenplay by Don Martin from the L. L. Foreman novel. It stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larson, Tom Tully and Tudour Owen. Music is by Marlin Skiles and Technicolor cinematography by Ells W. Carter...

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