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The Great Missouri Raid is a 1951 American Western released by Paramount Pictures [1] [2] [3] starring Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey, and Ward Bond, with Ellen Drew, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams and Anne Revere in support. It was directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Frank Gruber.
The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid is a 1972 American Western film about the James-Younger Gang distributed by Universal Pictures. It was written and directed by Philip Kaufman in a cinéma vérité style and starring Cliff Robertson .
The Great Missouri Raid (1951) – Western drama film about the James–Younger Gang [46] I Was an American Spy (1951) – war drama film dramatizing the true story of Claire Phillips , an American expat who spied on the Japanese during World War II and was captured, tortured, and sentenced to death before being rescued [ 47 ]
Jesse and Frank James ride with their gang into Northfield, Minnesota for a raid. While robbing a bank, gun fighting breaks out and two of the gang are killed. The James brothers and another gang member head out of town and hide out while investigators from the Remington Detective Agency search for James to receive a $30,000 reward.
He also falls for Kate Clarke. Events in their home state of Missouri mean the James Brothers cannot return home without being prosecuted for serious crimes; so they figure they might as well stay with Quantrill and the protection he offers. The raiders take part in the Lawrence Massacre in which Jesse and his men rob their first bank. Jesse ...
The Great Missouri Raid (1951) - portrayed by Guy Wilkerson; Utah Blaine (1957) - portrayed by Jack Ingram; The True Story of Jesse James (1957) - portrayed by Louis Zito; Rawhide (1964) - portrayed by Ben Cooper; The Legend of Jesse James (1966) - portrayed by Armand Alzamora; The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) - portrayed by R.G ...
Gunfighter Jesse James is framed for a Missouri bank job and murder by a black-cowled outlaw gang, known as "The Black Raiders". Unable to clear his name, he and companion Steve Lane, whose father was murdered during the bank robbery, flee to escape the posse.
The secessionists in Missouri, including Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson, attempted to drive the Union army out of the state, but were eventually defeated. The James family was from the heavily Confederate western portion of the state. On September 13, 1861, the Missouri State Guard, including private Frank James, besieged Lexington, Missouri ...