Kansas Raiders

Kansas Raiders
Directed by Ray Enright
Produced by Ted Richmond
Written by Robert L. Richards
Starring Audie Murphy
Brian Donlevy
Marguerite Chapman
Scott Brady
Music by Milton Rosen
Cinematography Irving Glassberg
Edited by Milton Carruth
Production
company
Universal International
Distributed by Universal International
Release dates
  • November 15, 1950 (1950-11-15) (United States)
  • January 25, 1951 (1951-01-25) (New York City, New York)
Running time
 80 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.2 million (US rentals)[1]

Kansas Raiders is a 1950 Technicolor Western film starring Audie Murphy as Jesse James, Brian Donlevy as William Quantrill, Marguerite Chapman vs Kate Clarke and Scott Brady vs Bill Anderson It is set during the American Civil War and involves James coming under the influence of Quantrill.

Plot

Jesse James (Murphy) and his friends -- brother Frank (Richard Long), brothers Cole (James Best) and Jim Younger (Dewey Martin), plus Kit Dalton (Tony Curtis) -- arrive in Lawrence, Kansas, and are falsely accused of being members of Quantrill's Raiders. They are about to be lynched but are saved by the intervention of a Union officer.

The men are released and they go on and join Quantrill (Donlevy). Jesse at first admires Quantrill but comes to question his devotion after seeing atrocities committed by the man and his troops. He also falls for Kate Clarke (Marguerite Chapman).

The raiders take part in the Lawrence Massacre in which Jesse and his men rob their first bank. Most of the raiders abandon Quantrill except for Jesse. Quantrill is blinded then killed in a shoot out with Union troops. Jesse leaves Kate and heads off with his friends to a in bank robbing.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952

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