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The Great Missouri Raid

  • 19511951
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
266
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100,235
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Macdonald Carey, Wendell Corey, and Ellen Drew in The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
Western
In this Western, the James and Younger boys ride the outlaw trail again all because of a mean Union Army Major.In this Western, the James and Younger boys ride the outlaw trail again all because of a mean Union Army Major.In this Western, the James and Younger boys ride the outlaw trail again all because of a mean Union Army Major.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
266
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
100,235
29,656
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    • Director
      • Gordon Douglas
    • Writer
      • Frank Gruber(novel "Broken Lance")
    • Stars
      • Wendell Corey
      • Macdonald Carey
      • Ellen Drew
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    • Director
      • Gordon Douglas
    • Writer
      • Frank Gruber(novel "Broken Lance")
    • Stars
      • Wendell Corey
      • Macdonald Carey
      • Ellen Drew
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    • 9User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Macdonald Carey and Wendell Corey in The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
    Bruce Bennett, Macdonald Carey, Wendell Corey, Anne Revere, and Bill Williams in The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
    Macdonald Carey and Wendell Corey in The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
    Macdonald Carey, Wendell Corey, and Ellen Drew in The Great Missouri Raid (1951)

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    Wendell Corey
    Wendell Corey
    • Frank James
    Macdonald Carey
    Macdonald Carey
    • Jesse James
    Ellen Drew
    Ellen Drew
    • Bee Moore
    Ward Bond
    Ward Bond
    • Maj. Marshal Trowbridge
    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    • Cole Younger
    Bill Williams
    Bill Williams
    • Jim Younger
    Anne Revere
    Anne Revere
    • Mrs. Samuels
    Edgar Buchanan
    Edgar Buchanan
    • Dr. Samuels
    Lois Chartrand
    • Mary Bauer
    Louis Jean Heydt
    Louis Jean Heydt
    • Charles Ford
    Barry Kelley
    Barry Kelley
    • Mr. Bauer
    James Millican
    James Millican
    • Sgt. Trowbridge
    Paul Lees
    • Bob Younger
    Guy Wilkerson
    Guy Wilkerson
    • Clell Miller
    Ethan Laidlaw
    Ethan Laidlaw
    • Jim Cummings
    Tom Tyler
    Tom Tyler
    • Allen Parmer
    Steve Pendleton
    Steve Pendleton
    • Arch Clements
    Robert Bray
    Robert Bray
    • Charlie Pitts
    • (as Bob Bray)
    • Director
      • Gordon Douglas
    • Writer
      • Frank Gruber(novel "Broken Lance") (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Though the film portrays the Jameses sympathetically, and ends with Bob Ford killing Jesse, because the James brothers were criminals themselves, bank robbers and murderers, Ford committed no crime and the film did not run afoul of the Motion Picture Production Code's edict that crimes must always be punished.
    • Goofs
      When one of the James brothers asked the bartender to pour him a beer, the beer glass was completely full of foam but when the bartender slid it down the bar it was full of beer with a slight head.

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    6/10
    The James and Younger bandits ride the outlaw trail again , taking off powerful bankers and railway people
    Passable Western with a good cast , dealing with the most colorful bandit who ever lived . This is the usual tale of hard-bitten gunslingers assembling a detail of misfit rebels to hold-off rampaging law pursuers and a mean Union Army Major . Spectacular as well as exciting Western talks the lives of Jesse and Frank James . This is a slight and intelligent biopic about Jesse James who ranks with Billy the Kid as the most famous of Western outlaws . Legend and folklore have cast him as a Robin Hood , a good boy forced by circumstances to follow a criminal life . The picture provides a good portrait of Jesse and his band , as they move from Civil War to there territory becoming into semi-legends . As showing his home life in Missouri , his experiences with Quantrill's raiders and his career of banditry . As Jesse (MacDonald Carey) and Frank (Wendell Corey) along with cousins Cole (Bruce Bennett) , Bob and Jim Younger (Bill Williams) and Jim return from War to find their mommy (Anne Revere) , her husband (Edgar Buchanan) and family threatened by Union soldiers and railway chiefs . As Maj. Marshal Trowbridge (War Bond) created a detective agency , being hired by the powerful bankers to hunt down Jesse and Frank . So James Brothers commence to robbin' banks and trains to help out the poor folks who been done wrong . In the course of their crimes , they will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West . Along the way , Jesse courts attractive young (Ellen Drew) . As their fame grows , so will the legend of their leader , a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James . At the end , he is betrayed by the Ford brothers , Charlie and Bob (Whit Bissell) .

    This is a sprawling and glamorous Western with nice performances from MacDonald MCarey and Wendell Corey . The film gets spectacular shoot em'up , thrills and exciting horse pursuits . A glimmer Western with a wild bunch look-alike that ends up into a fateful final . Packs colorful scenarios , moving pace and slick edition . This is a decent look about the known story of the West's greatest bandit , Jesse James , along with Frank , Cole Younger and brothers with acceptable performances and compelling direction creating some good action scenes . The picture shows nice as well as spectacular frames , as when both Jesse and Frank are relentlessly chased . Taut excitement throughout , and beautifully photographed by Ray Rennahan . Thrilling as well as atmospheric musical score by Paul Sawtell . The motion picture was professionally directed by Gordon Douglas . He's an expert on adventures genre , such as ¨Black arrow¨ , ¨Fortunes of Captain Blood¨ and Western , as he proved in the films starred by Clint Walker such as ¨Fort Dobbs¨, ¨Yellowstone Kelly¨ , ¨Gold of seven Saints¨ , Gregory Peck as ¨Only the valiant¨ , Richard Boone as ¨Rio Conchos¨ considered the best , ¨Chuka¨, and ¨Doolins of Oklahoma¨ , among others .

    This story has been adapted several times , the main rendition was : ¨Jesse James¨ by Henry King with Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda ; followed by a sequel : ¨The return of Frank James¨ (1950) by Fritz Lang with Henry Fonda . Other films about this legendary outlaw are : ¨I shot Jesse James¨ by Samuel Fuller with John Ireland as Bob Ford ; ¨Jesse James vs the Dalton (1954)¨ by William Castle with John Ireland . ¨The true story of Jesse James¨ (1957) by Nicholas Ray with Robert Wagner , Jeffrey Hunter , Hope Lange , Agnes Moorehead ; in which footage from the original 1939 production was used when Frank and Jesse go over a cliff on horseback into a river and when they crashed , on horseback, through a store window during the "Northfield Minnesota Raid" . And contemporary-style Western such as "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid" by Philip Kaufman with Cliff Robertson , Robert Duvall , Luke Askew , ¨Frank and Jesse¨ by Robert Boris with Rob Lowe as Jesse James , Bill Paxton as Frank James and Randy Travis as Younger ; ¨American outlaws¨ by Les Mayfield with Colin Farrell , Gabriel Macht , Terry O'Quinn , Harris Yulin and Ali Larter ; and ¨The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford¨ (2007) by Andrew Dominik with Brad Pitt , Sam Shepard , Mary Louise Parker , Casey Affleck and Sam Rockwell.

    The picture well produced by Nat Holt was based on actual events , these are the followings : At the war's end in 1865 , Jesse rode in to surrender and was shot and seriously wounded by a Union soldier . Jesse and his brother joined the Confederate guerrillas of Quantrill and learned to kill in ruthless company . It is believed that Jesse took part in his first robbery in 1866 when a dozen men held up the bank in Liberty , Missouri . A bank cashier was killed in the raid and a reward was offered for each of the James brothers . In 1873 Jesse and his band derailed and robbed a train on the Rock Island line . Jesse married his cousin Zerelda , who bore him two children . Pinkerton detectives were contracted to chase Jesse and Frank , the agents surrounded the home , believing they to be there , tossed a bomb and the explosion killed Jesse's young half-brother . This outrage brought much sympathy for the brothers . On 1876 Jesse and Frank in company the three Younger Brothers , attempted a bank robbery at Northfield , Minnnesota , and walked in disaster . The alerted citizens opened fire on the raiders , of the eight bandits involved , three were killed and three Younger brothers were captured .
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    • Release date
      • February 1951 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • In Rache vereint
    • Filming locations
      • Jamestown, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Nat Holt Productions
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      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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