''The Raiders'' is a 1963 American

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film directed by

Herschel Daugherty Herschel Eldon Daugherty (October 27, 1910 – March 5, 1993) was an American television and film director and occasional actor. Early life and career Born in Clarks Hill, Indiana, to Charles Emerson and Blanche Eracene Daugherty (né Feere ...

and written by

Gene L. Coon Eugene Lee Coon (January 7, 1924 – July 8, 1973) was an American screenwriter, television producer and novelist. He is best remembered for his work on the original ''Star Trek'' as a screenwriter, story editor, and showrunner from the mid ...

. The film stars Brian Keith,

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, Alfred Ryder and

Simon Oakland Simon Oakland (August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1983) was an American actor of stage, screen, and television. During his career, Oakland performed primarily on television, appearing in over 130 series and made-for-television movies between ...

. The film was released in December 1963, by

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Plot

Shortly after the American Civil War, poverty-stricken Texas cattle-men are confronted by a gun-slinger who has been hired by the US government and a buffalo hunter after they use desperate measures to try and get their grievances addressed by the railroad company.

Cast

as James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok * Brian Keith as John G. McElroy/Narrator *

as Martha 'Calamity Jane' Canary *

as William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody * Alfred Ryder as Capt. Benton *

as Sgt. Austin Tremaine * Ben Cooper as Tom King *

Trevor Bardette Trevor Bardette (born Terva Gaston Hubbard; November 19, 1902 – November 28, 1977) was an American film and television actor. Among many other roles in his long and prolific career, Bardette appeared in several episodes of '' Adventures of S ...

as 'Uncle Otto' Strassner *

Harry Carey, Jr. Henry George Carey Jr. (May 16, 1921 – December 27, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 90 films, including several John Ford Westerns, as well as numerous television series. Early life Carey was born on a ranch near ...

as Jellicoe *Richard H. Cutting as Jack Goodnight *

Addison Richards Addison Whittaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. Richards appeared in more than three hundred films between 1933 and his death. Biography A native of Zanesville, Ohio, Richa ...

as Huntington Lawford * Cliff Osmond as Private Jean Duchamps * Paul Birch as Paul King * Richard Deacon as Commissioner Mailer *Michael Burns as Jimmy McElroy

References

External links

* 1963 films 1960s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1963 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Cultural depictions of Wild Bill Hickok Cultural depictions of Buffalo Bill Cultural depictions of Calamity Jane Films directed by Herschel Daugherty 1960s American films {{1960s-Western-film-stub