''Arizona Raiders'' is a 1965 American

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film directed by

William Witney William Nuelsen Witney (May 15, 1915 – March 17, 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the action films he made for Republic Pictures, particularly serials: '' Dick Tracy Returns'', '' G-Men vs. the Bl ...

and starring

Audie Murphy Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor and songwriter. He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. He received every military combat award for valor available from t ...

.''Arizona Raiders''
at the Audie Murphy Memorial Site

Plot

Clint Stewart (

) is a Confederate war hero who has gone out West to join a renegade band,

Quantrill's Raiders Quantrill's Raiders were the best-known of the pro-Confederate States of America, Confederate partisan guerrillas (also known as "bushwhackers") who fought in the American Civil War. Their leader was William Quantrill and they included Jesse Ja ...

, and ends up captured by the law. Sent to prison with his friend Willie Martin (

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), for riding with Quantrill ( Fred Graham), the two go along with a jailbreak plan masterminded by former U.S. Army Captain Andrews (

Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimmi ...

), who now heads the Arizona Rangers, to grant the men a full pardon if they help the Rangers stop a band of raiders who once rode with Quantrill. Clint has an old score to settle with Montana Smith (

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), one of the Raiders, but plans to take off on his own until both his younger brother and his pal Willie are killed by the raiders.

Cast

as Clint *

Michael Dante Michael Dante (born Ralph Vitti; September 2, 1931) is an American actor and former professional minor league baseball player. Early life Dante was born Ralph Vitti in Stamford, Connecticut. Growing up, he would sneak into a local movie theater ...

as Brady *

as Willie Martin *

as Captain Andrews of the

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as Martina * Ray Stricklyn as Danny 'nobhead' Bonner *

as Montana *

Fred Krone Fred Krone (June 19, 1930 – January 12, 2010), also known as Krunch, was an American actor and stuntman who worked predominantly in Westerns. Career Krone was born in Kentucky. He began working in the 1950s performing stunts and as an actor ...

as Matt Edwards * Willard Willingham as Eddie * Red Morgan as Tex * Fred Graham as Quantrell/Quantrill

Production

Murphy's salary for the film was $45,000.

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