The Raid (1954 film)
| The Raid | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hugo Fregonese |
| Written by | Francis Cockrell (Story) Herbert Ravenel Sass Sydney Boehm |
| Produced by | Robert L. Jacks |
| Starring | Van Heflin Anne Bancroft Richard Boone Lee Marvin |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Robert Golden |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | Panoramic Productions |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
The Raid is a Technicolor 1954 American film set during the American Civil War. It stars Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone and Lee Marvin. In 1864 a group of Confederate prisoners held in a Union prison stockade at Plattsburg, New York, not many miles from the Canadian border, escape. They head for Canada and plan a raid across the border into St. Albans, Vermont, to rob its banks and burn buildings. 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 Sherman's burning of Atlanta.
Plot
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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)
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