Classic Western Roundup-1 - Disk 2 - DVD9 - Kansas Raiders (1950) - Lawless Breed (1953) [DDR]

Classic Western Roundup-1 - Disk 2 - DVD9 - Kansas Raiders (1950) - Lawless Breed (1953) [DDR]



KANSAS RAIDERS (1950) 80 mins
Kansas Raiders is a 1950 Western film starring Audie Murphy as Jesse James and Brian Donlevy as William Quantrill. It is set during the American Civil War and involves James coming under the influence of Quantrill.

CAST:-
Audie Murphy as Jesse James
Brian Donlevy as William Quantrill
Marguerite Chapman as Kate Clarke
Scott Brady as Bill Anderson
Tony Curtis as Kit Dalton
Richard Arlen as Union captain
Richard Long as Frank James
James Best as Cole Younger
John Kellogg as Red Leg leader
Dewey Martin as James Younger
George Chandler as Willie
Charles Delaney as Pell

SYNOPSIS:- Kansas Raiders (1950)
Jesse James (Audie Murphy) and his friends - brother Frank (Richard Long), brothers Cole (James Best) and Jim Younger (Dewey Martin), plus Kit Dalton (Tony Curtis) - arrive in Lawrence, Kansas, and are falsely accused of being members of Quantrill's Raiders. They are about to be lynched but are saved by the intervention of a Union officer.

The men are released and they go on and join Quantrill (Brian Donlevy). Jesse at first admires Quantrill but comes to question his devotion after seeing atrocities committed by the man and his troops. He also falls for Kate Clarke (Marguerite Chapman).

The raiders take part in the Lawrence Massacre in which Jesse and his men rob their first bank. Most of the raiders abandon Quantrill except for Jesse. Quantrill is blinded then killed in a shoot out with Union troops. Jesse leaves Kate and heads off with his friends to a in bank robbing.

Audie Murphy plays a young Jesse James falling under the Svengali-like spell of the outlaw William Quantrill, played by Brian Donlevy. Jesse and his youthful gang join the rebels to avenge the death of his parents only to become disillusioned with the senseless violence and looting of innocent civilians. Goaded by Quantrill's girl to leave, Jesse vacillates until the Yankess close in. Quantrill forces Jesse to leave and faces the Yankess gunfire alone. Jesse rides off with his gang and the rest is history.



THE LAWLESS BREED (1953) 82 mins
The Lawless Breed is a 1953 western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Rock Hudson.
The film is based on the life of outlaw John Wesley Hardin.

CAST:-
Rock Hudson – John Wesley Hardin
Julie Adams – Rosie (credited as Julia Adams)
Mary Castle – Jane Brown
John McIntire – J.G.Hardin/John Clements
Hugh O'Brian – Ike Hanley
Dennis Weaver – Jim Clements
Forrest Lewis – Zeke Jenkins
Lee Van Cleef – Dirk Hanley
Tom Fadden – Chick Noonan
Race Gentry – Young John Hardin
Richard Garland – Joe Clements
Glenn Strange – Ben Hanley
William Pullen – Joe Hardin

Directed by Raoul Walsh
Produced by William Alland

SYNOPSIS:- The Lawless Breed (1953)
Wild West gunslinger and gambler John Wesley Hardin (Rock Hudson) is released from jail. He recounts his exploits outside the law with his manuscript detailing his life. His life as an outlaw influences his son that grew up while Hardin served sixteen years in prison in Huntsville, Texas.

Released from jail, John Wesley Hardin leaves an account of his life with the local newspaper. It tells of his overly religious father, his resulting life of cards and guns, and his love for his step-sister replaced on her death during a gun fight with that for dance-hall girl Rosie.



TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:-
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 5947 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio:1.333:1
Frames Per Second:29.970
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: None
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]
Duration: 2:43:07