Release, runtime and language

1958 · 119 mins · English

Directed by

Anthony Quinn

Starring

Claire Bloom, Charlton Heston, Ted de Corsia, Woody Strode, Yul Brynner, Charles Boyer

With 1,200 men, General Andrew Jackson faces a British armada of 60 ships and 16,000 troops threatening New Orleans in the War of 1812. Lafitte, whose untaxed trade draws the governor’s scorn yet earns local support, never attacks American ships but is torn between loyalty to the United States and his men’s urging to join the likely victor.