Woman They Almost Lynched

Led by its female mayor, a neutral town on the Arkansas-Missouri border during the Civil War attempts to stay peaceful. A newcomer looking for her brother is pulled into the town’s violence.

Cast

John Lund

as Lance Horton

Brian Donlevy

as Charles Quantrill

Audrey Totter

as Kate Quantrill / Kitty McCoy

Joan Leslie

as Sally Maris

Ben Cooper

as Jesse James

James Brown

as Frank James

Nina Varela

as Mayor Delilah Courtney

Ellen Corby

as First Townswoman

Fern Hall

as Second Woman

Minerva Urecal

as Mrs. Stuart

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