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Only the Valiant

Name: Only the Valiant
Director: Gordon Douglas
Genre: Western
Released: 1951-04-13
Cast: Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Neville Brand

Western

Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he loves.

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Cast

Gregory PeckBarbara PaytonWard BondGig YoungNeville BrandLon Chaney Jr.Jeff CoreyWarner AndersonSteve BrodieDan RissTerry KilburnHerbert Heyes

Director

Gordon Douglas

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