Arizona Raiders is a 1965 American Techniscope Western film directed by William Witney and starring Audie Murphy.[2]
| Arizona Raiders | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | William Witney |
| Screenplay by | Alex Gottlieb Mary Willingham Willard W. Willingham |
| Story by | Frank Gruber Richard Schayer |
| Produced by | Grant Whytock |
| Starring | Audie Murphy |
| Cinematography | Jacques R. Marquette |
| Edited by | Grant Whytock |
| Music by | Richard LaSalle |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Admiral Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $400,000[1] |
Plot
editClint Stewart (Audie Murphy) is a Confederate war hero who has gone out West to join a renegade band, Quantrill's Raiders, and ends up captured by the law.
Sent to prison with his friend Willie Martin (Ben Cooper), for riding with Quantrill (Fred Graham), the two go along with a jailbreak plan masterminded by former U.S. Army Captain Andrews (Buster Crabbe), who now heads the Arizona Rangers, to grant the men a full pardon if they help the Rangers stop a band of raiders who once rode with Quantrill. Clint has an old score to settle with Montana Smith (George Keymas), one of the Raiders, but plans to take off on his own until both his younger brother and his pal Willie are killed by the raiders.
Cast
edit- Audie Murphy as Clint
- Michael Dante as Brady
- Ben Cooper as Willie Martin
- Buster Crabbe as Captain Andrews of the Arizona Rangers
- Gloria Talbott as Martina
- Ray Stricklyn as Danny 'nobhead' Bonner
- George Keymas as Montana
- Fred Krone as Matt Edwards
- Willard Willingham as Eddie
- Red Morgan as Tex
- Fred Graham as Quantrell/Quantrill
Production
editMurphy's salary for the film was $45,000.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Graham, Don (1989). No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy. New York City: Penguin Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 978-0670815111.
- ^ Arizona Raiders at the Audie Murphy Memorial Site
External links
edit- Arizona Raiders at IMDb
- Arizona Raiders at TCMDB
- Arizona Raiders at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Arizona Raiders at Apacheland Movie Ranch Archived August 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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