Sam Burton's second wife is a Kiowa, and their son is therefore born mixed-race. When a struggle starts between the whites and the native Kiowas, the Burton family is split between loyalties.
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| Writing | Clair Huffaker | Screenplay |
| Directing | Don Siegel | Director |
| Writing | Nunnally Johnson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Clair Huffaker | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Art | Walter M. Simonds | Art Direction |
| Art | Duncan Cramer | Art Direction |
| Directing | Joseph E. Rickards | Assistant Director |
| Sound | E. Clayton Ward | Sound |
| Sound | Cyril J. Mockridge | Original Music Composer |
| Art | G.W. Berntsen | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Fred R. Simpson | Assistant Director |
| Production | David Weisbart | Producer |
| Camera | Charles G. Clarke | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hugh S. Fowler | Editor |
| Sound | Warren B. Delaplain | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Balkan | Costume Design |
| Sound | Irving Gertz | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| Directing | Richard Talmadge | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Tom Parker | Technical Advisor |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Music |
| Crew | Eli Bo Jack Blackfeather | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Brooks | Stunts |
| Crew | John Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Folkerson | Stunts |
| Crew | Charles Horvath | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Jenson | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Sweet | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Talmadge | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Guy Way | Stunts |
| Crew | Red West | Stunts |
