The Bushwhackers (1952)
1952 · Feature film · 66 min · dir. Rod Amateau
REVENGE - Frightening in it's Naked Fury!
- Thriller
- Western
Synopsis
Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor and his henchmen are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Rod Amateau
- Writer
- Tom Gries
- Composer
- Albert Glasser
- Cinematography
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Studio
- Jack Broder Productions Inc.
- Released
- 1951-12-07
- Running time
- 66 minutes
Cast & crew
- Rod Amateau Director
John Ireland
Wayne Morris
Lawrence Tierney
Dorothy Malone
Lon Chaney Jr.
Myrna Dell
Frank Marlowe
William Holmes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · What was with the pants? · kareneliot · 2010-05-24
Post-Civil War Reconstruction era drama set in Independence, Missouri, 1865. Ex-Confederate soldier swears he'll never raise arms again, moves west, makes friends and enemies alike, and of course saves the day in his own way. More of a drama than a western.... and that's a good thing. For me anyway, I was looking for a historical view of the Civil War and Reconstruction, not a Cowboys and Indians Shoot-em-up flick. I liked it, but you'd thank after all of that time that he'd have found a way to get a new pair of pants. Was that supposed to be symbolism? I don't know why I am so fixated on his…
