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1951 film by Gordon Douglas

The Great Missouri Raid
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Screenplay by	Frank Gruber
Produced by	Nat Holt
Starring	Wendell Corey Macdonald Carey Ellen Drew Ward Bond Bruce Bennett Bill Williams Anne Revere
Cinematography	Ray Rennahan
Edited by	Philip Martin
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1951 (1951-02-15)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Great Missouri Raid is a 1951 American Western released by Paramount Pictures starring Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey, and Ward Bond, with Ellen Drew, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams and Anne Revere in support. It was directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Frank Gruber.

Plot

In Missouri during the final days of the American Civil War, brothers Frank (Wendell Corey) and Jesse James (Macdonald Carey) engage in a skirmish with Union soldiers, killing one before fleeing. After the war's end, amnesty is declared, but the brothers are betrayed by Union officer Maj. Trowbridge (Ward Bond), whose brother they killed. Along with the Younger brothers, Frank and Jesse turn to robbing banks, while Trowbridge, still bent on revenge, opens a detective agency to find and stop the brothers.

Cast

Wendell Corey as Frank James
Macdonald Carey as Jesse James
Ellen Drew as Bee Moore
Ward Bond as Maj. Marshal Trowbridge
Bruce Bennett as Cole Younger / Steve Brill
Bill Williams as Jim Younger
Anne Revere as Mrs. Samuels
Edgar Buchanan as Dr. Samuels
Lois Chartrand as Mary Bauer
Louis Jean Heydt as Charles Ford
Barry Kelley as Mr. Bauer
James Millican as Sgt. Trowbridge
Paul Lees as Bob Younger
Guy Wilkerson as Clell Miller
Ethan Laidlaw as Jim Cummings
Tom Tyler as Allen Parmer
Steve Pendleton as Arch Clements
Robert Bray as Charlie Pitts
Paul Fix as Sgt. Brill
James Griffith as Jack Ladd
Robert Osterloh as August
Alan Wells as Dick Liddil
Whit Bissell as Robert Ford

Production

The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.

References

"The Great Missouri Raid (1951) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
"Movie Review - - THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Frank and Jesse James Ride Again in 'The Great Missouri Raid,' Paramount Feature at Globe". The New York Times. April 9, 1951. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
"The Great Missouri Raid". Afi.com. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
Jensen, Larry (2018). Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad. Vol. Two. Sequim, Washington: Cochetopa Press. pp. 25, 28. ISBN 9780692064726.

External links

The Great Missouri Raid at IMDb

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1940s	Saps at Sea (1940) Broadway Limited (1941) The Great Gildersleeve (1942) Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943) A Night of Adventure (1944) Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944) Girl Rush (1944) The Falcon in Hollywood (1944) Zombies on Broadway (1945) First Yank into Tokyo (1945) Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) San Quentin (1946) If You Knew Susie (1948) Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
1950s	The Nevadan (1950) Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950) Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) Between Midnight and Dawn (1950) The Great Missouri Raid (1951) Only the Valiant (1951) I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) Come Fill the Cup (1951) Mara Maru (1952) The Iron Mistress (1952) She's Back on Broadway (1953) The Charge at Feather River (1953) So This Is Love (1953) Them! (1954) Young at Heart (1954) The McConnell Story (1955) Sincerely Yours (1955) Santiago (1956) The Big Land (1957) Bombers B-52 (1957) Fort Dobbs (1958) The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) Up Periscope (1959) Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
1960s	The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) Gold of the Seven Saints (1961) Claudelle Inglish (1961) Follow That Dream (1962) Call Me Bwana (1963) Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) Rio Conchos (1964) Sylvia (1965) Harlow (1965) Stagecoach (1966) Way...Way Out (1966) In Like Flint (1967) Chuka (1967) Tony Rome (1967) The Detective (1968) Lady in Cement (1968)
1970s	Skullduggery (1970) They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) Barquero (1970) Skin Game (1971, uncredited) Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) Nevada Smith (1975) Viva Knievel! (1977)

Jesse James

Family

Robert S. James (father)
Zerelda James (mother)
Frank James (brother)
Zerelda Mimms (cousin/wife)
Jesse E. James (son)

Associates

Robert Ford (assassin)
James–Younger Gang

Cultural depictions

Film	Jesse James (1939) Days of Jesse James (1939) Jesse James at Bay (1941) Jesse James Rides Again (1947) Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948) I Shot Jesse James (1949) The James Brothers of Missouri (1949) Kansas Raiders (1950) The Great Missouri Raid (1951) The Great Jesse James Raid (1953) Jesse James' Women (1954) The True Story of Jesse James (1957) Hell's Crossroads (1957) Alias Jesse James (1959) Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) A Time for Dying (1972) The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) The Long Riders (1980) Frank and Jesse (1994) American Outlaws (2001) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
TV	Bitter Heritage (1958) The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
Music	"Jesse James" (1924) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (soundtrack) "Jesse James" (2012) The Legend of Jesse James "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)"
Comics	Jesse James (Lucky Luke)
Literature	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Video games	Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James

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