Overview:
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.| Status: | Released (1954-08-04) |
|---|---|
| Screen: | Sydney Boehm, Francis M. Cockrell, Herbert Ravenel Sass |
| Productions: | Panoramic Productions, 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
Posters
Similars
Recommendations
Casts
- 18803: Van Heflin - Maj. Neal Benton
- 10774: Anne Bancroft - Katy Bishop
- 16420: Richard Boone - Capt. Lionel Foster
- 18391: Lee Marvin - Lt. Keating
- 20099: Tommy Rettig - Larry Bishop
- 9111: Peter Graves - Capt. Frank Dwyer
- 12356: Douglas Spencer - Rev. Douglas
Crews
- 2167820: Herbert Ravenel Sass - Novel - Writing
- 48964: Robert L. Jacks - Producer - Production
- 43818: Leonard Goldstein - Executive Producer - Production
- 1016840: Saul Wurtzel - Production Manager - Production
- 29281: Ad Schaumer - Assistant Director - Directing
- 108820: Sam Benson - Wardrobe Supervisor - Costume & Make-Up
- 27732: Harry M. Leonard - Sound - Sound
external ids
fb: | twitter: | imdb: tt0047388 | insta:
Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
With a rebel yell, I cried more more more. "This is a true story...it began on the night of September 26 1864, in a Union prison stockade at Plattsburgh, New York, not many miles from the Canadian border." Tho director Hugo Fregonese's The Raid opens with the above written stat ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
Review text:
**_Civil War “Western” that takes place a dozen miles from the Canadian border_** In September-October, 1864, a Confederate officer (Van Heflin) coordinates a group of 21 young soldiers, mostly ex-POWs, for an attack on a prosperous town in northern Vermont. His motive isn’t just ....
Continue reading ->