The Raid (1954 film)
| The Raid | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Hugo Fregonese |
| Produced by | Robert L. Jacks |
| Written by | Francis Cockrell (Story) |
| Screenplay by | Sydney Boehm |
| Based on |
Affair at St. Albans 1948 novel by Herbert Ravenel Sass |
| Starring |
Van Heflin Anne Bancroft Richard Boone Lee Marvin |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Robert Golden |
Production company |
Panoramic Productions |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $650,000[1] |
The Raid is a 1954 Technicolor American film set during the American Civil War. It stars Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone and Lee Marvin. It is loosely based on a true incident, the St. Albans Raid, as well as the book by Herbert Ravenal Sass. However the film made a significant change, moving the action from 1864 to 1865, turning the raid into an act of revenge for William Tecumseh Sherman's burning of Atlanta.
Plot
In 1864 a group of Confederate prisoners held in a Union prison stockade at Plattsburg, New York, not many miles from the Canada–US border, escape. They head for Canada and plan a raid across the border into St. Albans, Vermont, to rob its banks and burn buildings.
The leader of the raid heads into St. Albans as a spy, and develops ambiguous feelings about what he is doing when he becomes friends with a young widow and her son.
Cast
- Van Heflin as Maj. Neal Benton / Neal Swayze
- Anne Bancroft as Katie Bishop
- Richard Boone as Capt. Lionel Foster
- Lee Marvin as Lt. Keating
- Tommy Rettig as Larry Bishop
- Peter Graves as Capt. Frank Dwyer
- Douglas Spencer as Rev. Lucas
- Paul Cavanagh as Col. Tucker
- Will Wright as Josiah Anderson, the Banker
- James Best as Lt. Robinson
- John Dierkes as Cpl. Fred Deane
- Helen Ford as Delphine Coates
- Harry Hines as Mr. Danzig
- Simon Scott as Capt. Floyd Henderson
- William Schallert as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
- Claude Akins as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)
References
- ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p249
External links
- The Raid at the Internet Movie Database
- The Raid at AllMovie
- The Raid at the TCM Movie Database
- The Raid at the American Film Institute Catalog