Posts from The Ringo Kid in thread „Civil War Movies- Index/Discussion“

Thank you Keith. I found a source for some nice images from both those movies--but I cant afford them yet. Ill try getting a few from both probably around May--after I recover a bit from the rifle purchase ;-))

Here is another that comes to mind and is a favorite of mine called: The Last Outpost w/ Bruce Bennett, Ronald Reagan & Noah Beery Jr. Its a film about the Civil War on the Western Front--and Reagan is in command of the Confederate Cavalry and Bruch Bennett--his older brother--is in command of the yankee forces. They band together later on to stop the Apaches Indians.

Here is another one for you that was good though is now--sadly--a public domain movie. It is: Drums of the Deep South w/ Guy Madison and Barton Maclane. I thought it was a pretty good movie as it depicts a group of Confederate Artillerymen who are trying to stop some Yank trains and Guy Madison plays a Yank Cav officer while Barton Maclane is a Sergeant in the Confederate Artillery.

The Man From Colorado w/ Ford and Holden--is another that started at the end of the Civil War.

Stay away from: Yellowneck--it has a no name cast--no budget, no acting talent and almost no story. Its a story of 5 or 5 confederates who escape the yankee PW camp they were in--escaping into the Everglades--and wind up getting into trouble with the Seminole Indians. The story was stupid (had their been a real cast, real money spent and the movie made by people who knew how to make movies, it might have been good) but--it was a complete waste of time. The movie stills ive seen from the movie are the best thing about the movie.

One I have not seen mentioned (but could be somewhere) is: A Time For Killing w/ Glenn Ford, Harry Dean Stanton and a young Harrison Ford. Oh and also has whats-his-face? the guy who played Jethro Bodine in: The Beverly Hillbillies--in it.

Another I liked was: Escape From Fort Bravo w/ Williams: Holden, Demarest, Campbell and John Forsythe.

There is another Quantrill's Raiders and this one stars Steve Cochran--and is a great movie. Cochran is a Confederate.

Quote from ethanedwards

Carl I have North and South listed
and will look at the other two
thanks

Thanks, I just saw it when rereading your first post ;-)) I can come up with more like:

Springfield Rifle, Rocky Mountain, and gimme time, ill come up with more.

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Josie Wales Eastwood
Beguiled, Eastwood
Blue and Gray TV in the early 80s
The General- Silent Film from the 20s
Great Locomotive Chase- same story as The General but done by Disney in the 50s

There is a rather obscure 1954 move called "The Raid" with Van Heflin and a bunch of then young actors who would become stars. Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, Peter Graves, and Richard Boone were all in it. It is loosely based on an actual raid executed by escaped Confederate POWs on a town in Vermont called St Albans. Their intent was to rob banks and funnel the money into purchasing war materials for the South. They organized in Canada and came across and executed the raid. Canadian authorities arrested them when they recrossed into Canada and none of the money made it to the south. I have a very poor VHS copy of this mostly because my great-grandfather was one of the 25 Saint Albans Raiders.

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Actually, The Great Locomotive Chase was a different deal than from The General. Its a story about Andrew's Raiders as opposed to just dealing with a stolen train.

Two more I can think about:

Crossroads--ive seen it but cant recall anything about it cept it was Civil War.

The Hunley w/ Donald Sutherland and Armand Assante. This is about the famed battle twixt the Merrimac and the Monitor.

Also, Three TV series called:

North & South book !
North & South book II
North & South book III.

Ive seen the first two Norths and South--and they are excellent. They had among many--Patrick Swayzee and a long list of goods to greats ;-))