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The Jayhawkers! is a american film of genre Action directed by Melvin Frank released in USA on 15 october 1959 with Jeff Chandler
The Jayhawkers! (1959)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 october 1959
Length 1h40
Directed by Melvin Frank
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating62%
The Jayhawkers! (1959) is an American movie set in pre-Civil War Kansas, starring Jeff Chandler and Fess Parker, and directed by Melvin Frank. Parker joins Chandler's gang, which seeks to take advantage of Bleeding Kansas. The Jeff Chandler character was loosely based on John Brown. The supporting cast features Henry Silva and Leo Gordon.
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Texas 1859, Cam Bleeker s'échappe de la prison où il était enfermé depuis la guerre contre le Mexique. Pensant rentrer chez lui et retrouver sa femme, il découvre, une fois arrivé sur place, que cette dernière est morte pendant les événements et qu'une veuve s'est installée dans la demeure avec ses enfants...Actors
Jeff Chandler
(Luke Darcy)
Fess Parker
(Cam Bleeker)
Nicole Maurey
(Jeanne Dubois)
Henry Silva
(Lordan)
Herbert Rudley
(Gov. William Clayton)
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