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Raiders of the South

  • 1947
  • TMDB 6.5/10
  • 55m

Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders who have been making life difficult for the local carpet-baggers. He saves the life of Shorty Kendall, an unreconstructed rebel about to be hanged, and this wins him the gratitude of Belle Chambers, a widow whose husband was killed in the Civil War who hates all Yankees with a fever.

Overview

Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders who have been making life difficult for the local carpet-baggers. He saves the life of Shorty Kendall, an unreconstructed rebel about to be hanged, and this wins him the gratitude of Belle Chambers, a widow whose husband was killed in the Civil War who hates all Yankees with a fever.

Cast

  • Johnny Mack BrownCaptain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
  • Evelyn BrentBelle Chambers
  • Raymond HattonShorty
  • Reno BrowneLynne Chambers (as Reno Blair)
  • Marshall ReedRaider Larry Mason
  • John HamiltonGeorge Boone
  • John MertonPreston Durant
  • Eddie ParkerHenchman Jeb (as Edwin Parker)

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