本片是一部美国剧情片，由迈克尔·柯蒂兹导演，由埃罗尔·弗林/奥利维娅·德哈维兰/雷蒙德·马西主演。
剧情简介：At the West Point Military Academy in 1854, the villain Cadet Carl Rader (Van Heflin), a disciple of the fanatic abolitionist John Brown, is dishonorably discharged for spreading anti-slavery pamphlets. His classmates Jeb Stuart (Flynn) and George Custer (Ronald Reagan) become second lieutenants and are posted to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, the most dangerous duty in the army—an assignment they relish. On the way to Kansas, Custer and Stuart meet Cyrus K. Holliday, in charge of building the railroad to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and his daughter Kit (de Havilland), with whom both officers fall in love.
The Kansas Territory is bloodstained and war-torn, a victim of John Brown's relentless crusade against slavery. Meanwhile, Rader has enlisted as a mercenary in Brown's army, which has been terrorizing the countryside with bloody raids. During Brown's attack on a freight wagon under the protection of the U.S. Army, Stuart and Custer capture Brown's injured son Jason, and before dying, the troubled boy informs them about his father's hideout at Shubel Morgan's ranch in Palmyra. In disguise, Stuart rides into Palmyra, the center of the Underground Railroad, but is recognized by Rader, who takes him at gunpoint to Brown (Raymond Massey). While trying to escape, Stuart is trapped in a burning barn but is saved as Custer leads the cavalry to the rescue and drives Brown into seclusion.
Believing that Brown's force has been broken, Stuart and Custer are sent back to Washington, D.C., where Stuart proposes to Kit. However, far from being defeated, Brown is planning to ignite war by raiding the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. When Brown refuses to pay Rader for his services, Rader rides to Washington to alert Stuart of Brown's plans, and the troops arrive just in time to crush the rebellion and hang Brown.
外文名：Santa Fe Trail
类型：剧情 / 动作 / 爱情 / 传记 / 历史 / 西部 / 冒险
地区：美国
导演：迈克尔·柯蒂兹
编剧：罗伯特·巴克纳
演员：埃罗尔·弗林 / 奥利维娅·德哈维兰 / 雷蒙德·马西 / 罗纳德·里根 / 艾伦·海尔 / 威廉·卢迪根 / 凡·赫夫林 / 吉恩·雷诺兹 / 亨利·奥尼尔 / 吉恩·威廉姆斯 / 艾伦·巴克斯特 / 约翰·利特尔 / 莫洛尼·奥尔森 / 大卫·布鲁斯 / 霍巴特·卡瓦诺 / 查尔斯·D·布朗 / 乔·索耶 / 弗兰克·维尔考克斯 / 沃德·邦德 / 拉塞尔·辛普森
