The desperate relatives of people captured by Comanches many years before put pressure on the US military to bring them home. The army hires a cynical frontier marshal, who agrees to negotiate their release in return for a commission. But the townsfolk are forced to face some grim truths when he returns with just one unrecognisable captive. John Ford's Western, with James Stewart, Richard Widmark and Shirley Jones.

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.