Column South

Column South is a 1953 American Western film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Audie Murphy and Joan Evans.

Plot
In 1861, prior to the American Civil War, a Union officer (Audie Murphy), tries to prove local Navajo Indians are innocent of killing a prospector. He has to fight the anti-Indian attitudes of his superior officer (Robert Sterling) and north–south tensions within the soldiers. He discovers Confederate sympathizers are planning to cause the Indians to go on the warpath for their own benefit.

Cast

 * Audie Murphy as Lt. Jed Sayre
 * Joan Evans as Marcy Whitlock
 * Robert Sterling as Capt. Lee Whitlock
 * Ray Collins as Brig. Gen. Storey
 * Dennis Weaver as Menguito
 * Gregg Palmer as Chalmers (as Palmer Lee)
 * Russell Johnson as Corp. Biddle
 * Jack Kelly as Trooper Vaness
 * Johnny Downs as Lt. Posick
 * Bob Steele as 1st Sgt. McAfee
 * James Best as Primrose
 * Ralph Moody as Joe Copper Face
 * Rico Alaniz as Trooper Chavez