Arizona Raiders

1965 western film by William Witney

  • August 1, 1965 (1965-08-01)
Running time
97 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$400,000[1]

Arizona Raiders is a 1965 American Techniscope Western film directed by William Witney and starring Audie Murphy.[2]

Plot

Clint Stewart (Audie Murphy) is a Confederate war hero who has gone out West to join a renegade band, Quantrill's Raiders, and ends up captured by the law.

Sent to prison with his friend Willie Martin (Ben Cooper), for riding with Quantrill (Fred Graham), the two go along with a jailbreak plan masterminded by former U.S. Army Captain Andrews (Buster Crabbe), who now heads the Arizona Rangers, to grant the men a full pardon if they help the Rangers stop a band of raiders who once rode with Quantrill. Clint has an old score to settle with Montana Smith (George Keymas), one of the Raiders, but plans to take off on his own until both his younger brother and his pal Willie are killed by the raiders.

Cast

  • Audie Murphy as Clint
  • Michael Dante as Brady
  • Ben Cooper as Willie Martin
  • Buster Crabbe as Captain Andrews of the Arizona Rangers
  • Gloria Talbott as Martina
  • Ray Stricklyn as Danny 'nobhead' Bonner
  • George Keymas as Montana
  • Fred Krone as Matt Edwards
  • Willard Willingham as Eddie
  • Red Morgan as Tex
  • Fred Graham as Quantrell/Quantrill

Production

Murphy's salary for the film was $45,000.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Graham, Don (1989). No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy. New York City: Penguin Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 978-0670815111.
  2. ^ Arizona Raiders at the Audie Murphy Memorial Site

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