The suspense thriller of the year !
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
- 6.5
- 1954
- Released
- 1h 23m
Van Heflin
Maj. Neal Benton
Anne Bancroft
Katy Bishop
Richard Boone
Capt. Lionel Foster
Lee Marvin
Lt. Keating
Tommy Rettig
Larry Bishop
Peter Graves
Capt. Frank Dwyer
Douglas Spencer
Rev. Douglas
Paul Cavanagh
Col. Tucker
Will Wright
Josiah Anderson
James Best
Lt. Robinson
John Dierkes
Cpl. Fred Deane
Helen Ford
Delphine Coates
Lee Aaker
Larry's Friend (uncredited)
Claude Akins
Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)
Robert Easton
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
William Schallert
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
John Beradino
Yankee Soldier Buying Cigars (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Townsman (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Stationmaster (uncredited)
Richard Eyer
Larry's Friend (uncredited)
Roy Glenn
Emmanuel - Mrs. Bishop's Butler (uncredited)
Harry Hines
Mr. Danzig (uncredited)
George Keymas
Capt. Dupree (uncredited)Ann Kunde
Townswoman (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Townsman (uncredited)Jack Low
Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Yankee Soldier Buying Cigars (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Bank Customer (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Townsman (uncredited)
Simon Scott
Capt. Floyd Henderson (uncredited)James Stone
Mr. Lipscomb (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
Confederate Soldier with Moneybags (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Union Prison Guard (uncredited)Glen Walters
Townswoman (uncredited)Howard Wright
Sheriff (uncredited)Released
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Reviews
**_Civil War “Western” that takes place a dozen miles from the Canadian border_** In September-October, 1864, a Confederate officer (Van Heflin) coordinates a group of 21 young soldiers, mostly ex-POWs, for an attack on a prosperous town in northern Vermont. His motive isn’t just revenge, but to fund the Confederacy with desperately needed funds, as well as to divert Union troops from the South
With a rebel yell, I cried more more more. "This is a true story...it began on the night of September 26 1864, in a Union prison stockade at Plattsburgh, New York, not many miles from the Canadian border." Tho director Hugo Fregonese's The Raid opens with the above written statement, it's not entirely accurate. Further research into what became known as "The St. Albans Raid" is required if y