The Scarlet Coat.

Major John Bolton (Cornel Wilde) intercepts and kills a British spy leaving the Storm King Tavern, and captures a letter found on his body. He reports to Gen. Robert Howe (John McIntire), that the coded message was from the British spy calling himself "Gustavus" to "James Osborn" Bolton is sent with two Tory agents to sabotage the chain barrier across the Hudson River before a British attack on the American position at Verplanck. Bolton drowns one agent, but when he tries to arrest the other, is confronted by an armed Ben Potter, who still thinks that Bolton is a murderer

Credits

Cast
Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, Anne Francis
Complete catalog record
THE SCARLET COAT. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Released by Loew’s. 101 min., sd., color, 35mm. CinemaScope. Eastman color. © Loew’s Incorporated; 22Jun55; LP5043.

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