Raiders of the South

Raiders of the South

Rugged story of the old brawling west...when the Lone Star State was young!

1947 · 55 min · ★ 6.5 · Western

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.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer · Written by J. Benton Cheney

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