Kansas Raiders

Kansas Raiders is a 1950 Technicolor Western film directed Ray Enright starring Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman and Scott Brady. 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

• Audie Murphy as Jesse James
• Brian Donlevy as William Quantrill
• Marguerite Chapman as Kate Clarke
• Scott Brady as Bill Anderson
• Tony Curtis as Kit Dalton
• Richard Arlen as Union captain
• Richard Long as Frank James
• James Best as Cole Younger
• John Kellogg as Red Leg leader
• Dewey Martin as James Younger
• George Chandler as Willie
• Charles Delaney as Pell
• Richard Egan as First Lieutenant
• David Wolfe as Rudolph Tate (as Dave Wolfe)

References

External links

• Kansas Raiders at the Internet Movie Database
• Kansas Raiders at TCMDB
• Kansas Raiders at Audiemurphy.com