In 1863, quantrill set his sights on lawrence, kansas, which he said was full of union sympathizers. Aug 24, 2018 at first, quantrills raiders consisted of just over a dozen men and they patrolled the kansasmissouri border where they ambushed both union soldiers and union sympathizers. The high point of quantrills guerilla war came on august 21, 1863 with the raid on lawrence. Though considered the defining moment in the city s history, it s difficult to draw heroes from a story that ends with the town being burned to the ground. This movie was first released in 1958 19862009, in super widescreen 2. Quantrills raiders 1958stream and watch online moviefone. By signing up for an account on tmdb, you can post directly to twitter and facebook.
Red mountain aka quantrills raiders, 1951 region 2 pal, plays in english without. I lived for a time in lawrence, kansas, the site of quantrill s raid in 1863. Quantrills raiders 1958 john wayne message board jwmb. Quantrill s raiders were a loosely organized force of proconfederate partisan rangers, bushwhackers, who fought in the american civil war under the leadership of william clarke quantrill. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of quantrills raiders with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Claiming to fight for the confederacy, quantrill organized a band in december 1861. Quantrills raiders 1958 cast and crew a confederate officer steve cochran tries to stop guerrilla leader quantrills leo gordon 1863 raid on lawrence, kan. Quantrill s raiders 1958 a confederate officer steve cochran tries to stop guerrilla leader quantrill s leo gordon 1863 raid on lawrence, kan.
Quantrill s raiders is a 1958 american western film about quantrill s raiders. Before the attack occurred, many female relatives of quantrill s raiders were killed when a prison collapsed in kansas city. American civil war adventure in which an outlaw, sympathetic to the confederate cause, is persuaded to attempt a daring raid on. Quantrills raiders is a 1958 american western film about quantrills raiders directed by. Quantrills raiders is a 1958 american western film about quantrills raiders. With steve cochran, diane brewster, leo gordon, gale robbins. Quantrills raiders 1958, focuses on the raid on lawrence. Quantrill in the movies kansas city public library. Overview of quantrills raiders, 1958, directed by edward bernds, with steve cochran, diane brewster, leo gordon, at turner classic movies. This film solves that problem by rewriting history. Quantrills mistress kate gale robbins immediately falls for the stranger and they have a romantic interlude where she tries to give him a reason to take her away from the band. The film starts in 1863 during civil war, when capt william clarke quantrill leo gordon and his men terrorise missourikansas border, by looting, burning.
But when all the other guerrillas got together as a group it would be as high as 6,000 some say 10,000. The violence got so bad that the area became known as bleeding kansas. Quantrills raiders 1958 italian movie poster cinematerial. Quantrills raiders flags and accessories crw flags store. The union commander was given the blame and this fanned the alreadyfearsome flames of the raiders. High resolution italian movie poster image for quantrills raiders 1958. The film the stranger wore a gun 1953 has randolph scott playing jeff travis, a former spy for quantrill s raiders, who rides to arizona to start a new life, but finds that his reputation has preceded him. The audie murphy film, kansas raiders 1950, deals with quantrill s raiders in the period immediately after the civil war. Quantrills raiders directed by edward bernds produced by ben schwalb allied artists pictures index. Its 1863, alan westcott find elusive guerrilla william clarke quantrill and deliver orders that he and his men are to attack the union arsenal in lawrence.
Quantrills raids kansapedia kansas historical society. Its 1863 and the tide of the civil war is starting to turn when alan westcott arrives in the strifetorn missourikansas border area on a mission for the confederacy. Quantrills raiders was directed by edward bernds, whod come a long way since his three stooges shorts of the early 1950s. They rode with infamous confederate guerilla leader william clarke quantrill in the midwest. Cpt william clarke quantrill 18371865 find a grave memorial. The ofttold tale of controversial southernsympathizing outlaw quantrill is recounted again in this lowbudget western. William clarke quantrill july 31, 1837 june 6, 1865 was a confederate guerrilla leader. Only donators and contributors can download this hd poster. One of the earliest known photographs of jesse james at age 17, in 1864, as a member of quantrill s raiders. A 1959 episode of the tv show the rough riders entitled the plot to assassinate president johnson, as the title suggests, involves quantrill in a plot to assassinate president andrew johnson. Leading as many as 450 raiders, quantrill sacked the town of lawrence and left as many as 183 dead in his wake. And william clarke quantrill, the confederate guerrilla leader. Frank and jesse james, and james and cole younger served with quantrill s raiders during the conflict and the famed raiders allegedly saved general jo shelby from capture on december 7, 1862, at the battle of prairie grove. Released 1958, quantrill s raiders stars stevecochran, dianebrewster, leogordon, galerobbins the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 5 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
Diane brewster and leo gordon often appeared, sometimes together, on the tv series maverick. Quantrill s raiders george and richard dick maddox, sons of larkin maddox of cass county, mo, were valiant soldiers in the war of the lost cause. Sep 23, 20 it s 1863 and the tide of the civil war is starting to turn when alan westcott arrives in the strifetorn missourikansas border area on a mission for the confederacy. Com welcome to the most comprehensive online resource for all things related to william clarke quantrill, the men who rode with him and as those who violently opposed them. Quantrills raiders flags and accessories crw flags. The sound and picture quality is very good, but there are no extras on this dvd. Young jesse james 1960, also depicts quantrill s influence on jesse james. Free download quantrill s raiders 1958 ws r1 custom dvd covers and album art available on allcdcovers. Quantrills gang had as little as 60 men and no then 300, most of the times 125. Young jesse james 1960 also depicts quantrills influence on jesse. The name of william clarke quantrill was already known before he led his band of guerillas in a deadly raid on lawrence, kansas, august 21, 1863.
Even though he was already smitten with the boarding house owner, he still succumbs to the bad girls more direct approach. Quantrill s raiders was directed by edward bernds, whod come a long way since his three stooges shorts of the early 1950s. From one of the civil war s greatest atrocities, when over 200 unarmed men and boys were murdered in kansas, to the blood feuds that fueled these raiders, we uncover the story of the confederate guerrillas, including frank and jesse james and cole younger, who followed william clark quantrill, a failed teacher from ohio. The climax of quantrills guerilla career came on august 21, 1863, when he led a force of 450 raiders into lawrence, kansas, a stronghold of prounion support and the home of senator james h. Their main opposition were the jayhawkersguerillas from kansas whose loyalty was prounion. This movie was first released in 195819862009, in super widescreen 2. American civil war adventure in which an outlaw, sympathetic to the confederate cause, is persuaded to attempt a daring raid on a unionheld town to destroy an ammunition dump. But hold up he may have after all you have to remember that there was more then one guerrilla gang. Through film clips, analysis, and anecdotes, tibbetts examines quantrill through films as varied as dark command 1940, quantrills raiders 1958, and ang lees locallyfilmed ride with the devil. Among quantrills proteges were jesse james, his brother frank, cole younger and his brother jim. Buy saigon 1948 dvd italian import from amazons movies store.
A civil war guerilla gang plans an attack on a kansas arsenal. William quantrill, jesse james, and the centralia massacre. Quantrills raiders 1958, directed by edward bernds film. Quantrill s raiders 1958 0427 1958 us western 1h 8m user score. Quantrills raiders 1958 a confederate officer steve cochran tries to stop guerrilla leader quantrills leo gordon 1863 raid on lawrence, kan. Free quantrills raiders dvd cover 1958 r1 custom ready to download and print. Jesse james in 19875, soon after his marriage to this first cousin zerelda. Quantrill s raiders 1958, focusing on the raid on lawrence. William clarke quantrill july 31, 1837 june 6, 1865 was a confederate guerrilla leader during the american civil war having endured a tempestuous childhood before later becoming a schoolteacher, quantrill joined a group of bandits who roamed the missouri and kansas countryside apprehending escaped slaves.
Kus john tibbetts looks at this cinematic heritage in quantrill in the movies on sunday, august 18, 20, at 2 p. Quantrill s raiders and independence missouri, union soldiers capture, civil war raiders history, capture of independence missouri, william quantrill s raiders, guerrilla war kansas, missouri raids, list of quantrill s battles. The butcher william quantrill arose the imaginary of a whole generation on western genre, thousand pictures were done almost in large industrial scale, quantrill s riders besides to be inaccurate is also brazenly flimsy, for instance in one specific sequence captain alan westcott steve cochran asking quantrill leo gordon how many soldiers he already had, he answer around forty, then alan. Quantrill s raiders 1958 cast and crew a confederate officer steve cochran tries to stop guerrilla leader quantrill s leo gordon 1863 raid on lawrence, kan. The name quantrill s raiders seems to have been attached to them long after the war, when the veterans would hold reunions. Wellknown bloody bill anderson would join quantrill s raiders in 1863. Free online custom region 1 movie dvd cover library. The climax of quantrill s guerilla career came on august 21, 1863, when he led a force of 450 raiders into lawrence, kansas, a stronghold of prounion support and the home of senator james h. Bernds has a knack for action and keeps matters galloping along.
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