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65% Critic Match
Raiders of the South
“Rugged story of the old brawling west...when the Lone Star State was young!”
6.5 / 10• 1947• 55m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders who have been making life difficult for the local carpet-baggers. He saves the life of Shorty Kendall, an unreconstructed rebel about to be hanged, and this wins him the gratitude of Belle Chambers, a widow whose husband was killed in the Civil War who hates all Yankees with a fever.
Cast & Crew
Johnny Mack Brown
Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
Lead
Evelyn Brent
Belle Chambers
Raymond Hatton
Shorty
Reno Browne
Lynne Chambers (as Reno Blair)
Marshall Reed
Raider Larry Mason
John Hamilton
George Boone
John Merton
Preston Durant
Eddie Parker
Henchman Jeb (as Edwin Parker)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lambert Hillyer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Raiders of the South is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
