Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor and his henchmen are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad.

John Ireland
as Jefferson Waring

Wayne Morris
as Marshal John Harding

Lawrence Tierney
as Sam Tobin

Dorothy Malone
as Cathy Sharpe

Lon Chaney Jr.
as Artemus Taylor

Myrna Dell
as Norah Taylor

Frank Marlowe
as Peter Sharpe

William Holmes
as 'Ding' Bell

Jack Elam
as Cree

Ward Wood
as Henchman #2
John Chard
Pacifist Pontification. Ah, The Bushwhackers, also known as The Rebel, a Western packed to the rafters with ever watchable actors, but unfurled like an amateur homage to Oaters a decade or so before. Co-written and directed by Rod Amateau, and starring John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Lawrence Ti...