''The Bushwhackers'' is a 1952 American

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film directed by

Rod Amateau Rodney Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. Career Among the programs that he directed were '' The Dennis Day Show'', ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'', ...

and starring

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, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone, Lon Chaney Jr. And

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Plot

Tired of killing, war veteran Jefferson Waring rides west, but in Missouri he sees "squatters" mowed down by men working for rich, ruthless Artemus Taylor. He spends the night at Independence newspaperman Peter Sharpe's place, but is jailed when daughter Cathy Sharpe finds this total stranger in her room. The local marshal, John Harding, is just one of many men on Taylor's payroll. Peter's business is threatened by banker Stone unless he takes Taylor's side against "squatters" settling in the region. The blind and wheelchair-using Taylor and ambitious daughter Norah are secretly aware that railroad surveyors are considering laying tracks nearby, so they want all the land for themselves. Jeff decides to leave. Norah and henchman Ding Bell intercept him; Norah shoots at him but misses. They take him to see Artemus, who tells a vocally reluctant Bell to take Jeff off to a remote canyon and murder him. Under Norah's instructions, Artemus's chief thug Sam Tobin goes after them to murder both; he wounds Jeff and kills Bell, but not before Bell hits him with a fatal shot. A doctor treats Jeff's wounds but Marshall Harding turns up and charges Jeff with the two killings. When the situation escalates and two of Taylor's thugs gun down Peter Sharpe, Jeff breaks out of jail and organizes a group of settlers to resist Taylor's planned big attack. The settlers slaughter Taylor's thugs; Taylor dies of a heart attack; Norah, having shot and she thinks killed banker Justin Stone in order to get some getaway money, is killed by him as she leaves. Jeff stays in town to run the paper with Cathy.

Cast

as Jefferson Waring * Wayne Morris as Marshal John Harding * Lawrence Tierney as Sam Tobin * Dorothy Malone as Cathy Sharpe * Lon Chaney Jr. as Artemus Taylor (as Lon Chaney) *

as Norah Taylor *

Frank Marlowe Frank Marlowe (born Frank Marlowe Riggi; January 20, 1904 – March 30, 1964), also known as Frank Riggi and Frank Marlo, was an American character actor from the 1930s until the 1960s. During Marlowe's 30-year career he would appear in ov ...

as Peter Sharpe * William Holmes as "Ding" Bell (as Bill Holmes) *

Jack Elam William Scott "Jack" Elam (November 13, 1920 – October 20, 2003) was an American film and television actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies (sometimes spoofing his villaino ...

as Cree *

Ward Wood Ward Wood (August 8, 1924 – November 3, 2001), was an American actor and television writer. Wood was probably best known for his recurring role as police Lt. Art Malcolm in the TV series ''Mannix'' from 1968 to 1975. Wood was born in Grangev ...

as Second Henchman (as Bob Wood) *

Charles Trowbridge Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1915 and 1958. Biography Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the ...

as Justin Stone *

Norman Leavitt Norman Turner Leavitt (December 1, 1913 – December 11, 2005) was an American film and television actor. Life and career Leavitt was born in Lansing, Michigan. He began his stage career in 1935, appearing as a wedding guest in the Broadway ...

as Deputy Yale * Stuart Randall as Slocum * George Lynn as Guthrie * Gordon Wynn as John Quigley (as Gordon Wynne) * Gabriel Conrad as Kramer * Eddie Parks as Funeral Franklin * Bob Broder as Tommy Lloyd

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* * 1952 films 1950s English-language films American black-and-white films 1952 Western (genre) films Films directed by Rod Amateau Films set in Missouri American Western (genre) films Jack Broder Productions Inc. films Films scored by Albert Glasser 1952 directorial debut films Squatting in film 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub