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Steve Cochrane plays a Confederate agent Alan Westcott organising Quantrill's gang on a raid of a federal arsenal in Kansas. Wescott realises that Quantrill (Leo Gordon in an effective performance) is a despicable and amoral villain interested only in murder and plunder.
Confederate Captain Alan Westcott, posing as a horse supplier for the army, is ordered to infiltrate the Union lines and contact William Quantrill to arrange a raid on the arsenal at Lawrence, Kansas. Westcott meets and falls in love with Sue Walters.
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- Western
- Edward Bernds
- 1958-04-27
A Confederate officer (Steve Cochran) tries to stop guerrilla leader Quantrill's (Leo Gordon) 1863 raid on Lawrence, Kan.
- Western
- Steve Cochran
- Edward Bernds
A Civil War guerilla gang plans an attack on a Kansas arsenal.
Dec 7, 2015 · Steve Cochran plays Capt. Allan Wescott, a Confederate officer working undercover as horse trader Mike Davis in order to help plot a Rebel attack on the federal armory in Lawrence, Kansas.
What this all boils down to is that "Quantrill's Raiders" is an enjoyable little western from the late 1950's and it features a knock out performance from Leo Gordon. But it is for the most just another b-movie western and with a bland performance from Steve Cochran it is also a forgettable one.
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Standard western about a man (Steve Cochran) who rides into Lawrence, Kansas, looking to sell horses to the Union army, but is secretly a Confederate soldier sent to make contact with William Clarke Quantrill, whose raiders fight for the South but behave like outlaws.
