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The Jayhawkers! is a 1959 American Technicolor VistaVision western film directed by Melvin Frank, starring Jeff Chandler as Luke Darcy and Fess Parker as Cam Bleeker. The film is set in pre- Civil War Kansas. Darcy leads a gang which seeks to take advantage of Bleeding Kansas (loosely based on abolitionist John Brown ); Bleeker joins the gang.
The Jayhawkers!: Directed by Melvin Frank. With Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Nicole Maurey, Henry Silva. Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
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- Western
- Melvin Frank
- 1959-10-15
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A government agent goes undercover in the Jayhawks, a group of pro-Union guerrillas in pre-Civil War Kansas. The Jayhawkers! is a 1959 adventure drama western film directed by Melvin Frank and starring Jeff Chandler and Fess Parker.
- Melvin Frank
- Jeff Chandler
Jayhawkers, Red Legs, and Bushwhackers are everyday terms in Kansas and Western Missouri. A Jayhawker is a Unionist who professes to rob, burn out and murder only rebels in arms against the government. A Red Leg is a Jayhawker originally distinguished by the uniform of red leggings.
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A movie about a rebel leader of a vigilante group called The Jayhawkers in Kansas before the Civil War. He is hunted by a former ally who seeks revenge for his wife's death.
Fess Parker stars as a former renegade who joins the Jayhawkers, a band of raiders led by Jeff Chandler, to stop their leader from taking over Kansas. The movie features a unique plot, a superb performance by Chandler, and a rousing score by Jerome Moross.
