Filming Locations: Big Bend of the Colorado River, Colorado River, Utah, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Dana Andrews
Brett Halliday
Piper Laurie
Laura Evans
Rex Reason
Lt. Wayne Ford
William Talman
Capt. Harper
Milburn Stone
Sgt. Miles
Douglas Spencer
Garode
Gordon Jones
Cpl. Rogers
William Schallert
Pvt. Livingston
Robert J. Wilke
1st Sgt. Daly (as Robert Wilke)
William Phipps
Pvt. Porter (as Bill Phipps)
Pat Hogan
Delche
Peter Coe
Ute Prisoner
Lee Bradley
Ute Indian (uncredited)
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Trivia
According to an AP report from May, 1954, Piper Laurie was a replacement for original leading lady, Allison Hayes. No reason was given for the change, but Hayes left Universal-International about the same time.
When the soldier lost the water barrel over the side of the cliff, he was yanking on the wooden spigot several times as though it were a stuck cork that you have to yank out of the barrel. But it was not a cork, it was a wooden spigot that you turn to open. This was simply to add tension to that part of the movie, which had no action.
Just before the two boats are put back in the river, the Indians attack and a trooper is killed. The dead soldier flinches two times during the rest of the battle.