Quantrill's Raiders (film)

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Quantrill's Raiders
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Directed by Edward Bernds
Written by Polly James
Produced byBen Schwalb
Starring Steve Cochran
Diane Brewster
Leo Gordon
CinematographyWilliam P. Whitley
(as William Whitley)
Edited byWilliam Austin
Music by Marlin Skiles
Color process Color by DeLuxe
Production
company
Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • April 27, 1958 (1958-04-27)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Quantrill's Raiders is a 1958 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Steve Cochran, Diane Brewster and Leo Gordon.

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Plot

A Civil War guerilla gang plans an attack on a Kansas arsenal.

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