The Jayhawkers!
1959 film by Melvin Frank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 supporting cast features Henry Silva and Leo Gordon.
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The Jayhawkers! | |
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Directed by | Melvin Frank |
Written by | A. I. Bezzerides Frank Fenton Melvin Frank |
Based on | story by Frank Fenton Joe Petracca |
Produced by | Melvin Frank Norman Panama |
Starring | Jeff Chandler Fess Parker |
Cinematography | Loyal Griggs |
Edited by | Everett Douglas |
Music by | Jerome Moross |
Production company | Parwood Productions[1] |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 15 October 1959 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
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