The Great Missouri Raid
1951 film by Gordon Douglas
- February 15, 1951 (1951-02-15)
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The Great Missouri Raid is a 1951 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Frank Gruber. The film stars Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey, Ellen Drew, Ward Bond, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams and Anne Revere. The film was released on February 15, 1951, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3]
Plot
In Missouri during the final days of the Civil War, brothers Frank (Wendell Corey) and Jesse James (Macdonald Carey) engage in a skirmish with Union soldiers, killing one before fleeing. After the war's end, amnesty is declared, but the brothers are betrayed by Union officer Maj. Trowbridge (Ward Bond), whose brother they killed. Along with the Younger brothers, Frank and Jesse turn to robbing banks, while Trowbridge, still bent on revenge, opens a detective agency to find and stop the brothers.
Cast
- Wendell Corey as Frank James
- Macdonald Carey as Jesse James
- Ellen Drew as Bee Moore
- Ward Bond as Maj. Marshal Trowbridge
- Bruce Bennett as Cole Younger / Steve Brill
- Bill Williams as Jim Younger
- Anne Revere as Mrs. Samuels
- Edgar Buchanan as Dr. Samuels
- Lois Chartrand as Mary Bauer
- Louis Jean Heydt as Charles Ford
- Barry Kelley as Mr. Bauer
- James Millican as Sgt. Trowbridge
- Paul Lees as Bob Younger
- Guy Wilkerson as Clell Miller
- Ethan Laidlaw as Jim Cummings
- Tom Tyler as Allen Parmer
- Steve Pendleton as Arch Clements
- Robert Bray as Charlie Pitts
- Paul Fix as Sgt. Brill
- James Griffith as Jack Ladd
- Robert Osterloh as August
- Alan Wells as Dick Liddil
- Whit Bissell as Bob Ford
Production
The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.[4]
References
- ^ "The Great Missouri Raid (1951) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ "Movie Review - - THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Frank and Jesse James Ride Again in 'The Great Missouri Raid,' Paramount Feature at Globe". The New York Times. April 9, 1951. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ "The Great Missouri Raid". Afi.com. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ Jensen, Larry (2018). Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad. Vol. Two. Sequim, Washington: Cochetopa Press. pp. 25, 28. ISBN 9780692064726.
External links
Film portal
- The Great Missouri Raid at IMDb
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Films directed by Gordon Douglas
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- Zenobia (1939)
- Saps at Sea (1940)
- Broadway Limited (1941)
- The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
- Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
- A Night of Adventure (1944)
- Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
- Girl Rush (1944)
- The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
- Zombies on Broadway (1945)
- First Yank into Tokyo (1945)
- Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
- San Quentin (1946)
- If You Knew Susie (1948)
- Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
- The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
- Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
- The Nevadan (1950)
- Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
- Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
- Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
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- I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
- Come Fill the Cup (1951)
- Mara Maru (1952)
- The Iron Mistress (1952)
- She's Back on Broadway (1953)
- The Charge at Feather River (1953)
- So This Is Love (1953)
- Them! (1954)
- Young at Heart (1955)
- The McConnell Story (1955)
- Sincerely Yours (1955)
- Santiago (1956)
- The Big Land (1957)
- Bombers B-52 (1957)
- Fort Dobbs (1958)
- The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
- Up Periscope (1959)
- Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
- The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
- Gold of the Seven Saints (1961)
- Claudelle Inglish (1961)
- Follow That Dream (1962)
- Call Me Bwana (1963)
- Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
- Rio Conchos (1964)
- Sylvia (1965)
- Harlow (1965)
- Stagecoach (1966)
- Way...Way Out (1966)
- In Like Flint (1967)
- Chuka (1967)
- Tony Rome (1967)
- The Detective (1968)
- Lady in Cement (1968)
- Skullduggery (1970)
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
- Barquero (1970)
- Skin Game (1971, uncredited)
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
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