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Bookmark this pageThe Raid (1954)
Director: Hugo Fregonese
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From Time Out Film Guide
Excellent, factually based Civil War Western, in which Heflin's Confederate officer leads a group of soldiers, with whom he has escaped from a Union prison camp, in a plan to avenge the destruction of Southern communities by first taking over, and then sacking, a Northern town close to the Canadian border. Tension is slowly but surely built up as the men try to infiltrate the township; conflicting emotions arise with Heflin's growing respect for the widow with whom he lodges (Bancroft); and the final, savage massacre is powerfully staged by Fregonese, who makes superb use throughout of Lucien Ballard's typically moody photography. This was the film that served as a springboard for John Arden in writing his play Serjeant Musgrave's Dance.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Producer: Robert L Jacks
Cast: Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Peter Graves, Tommy Rettig, James Best, John Dierkes, Claude Akins full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 83 mins
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