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The Raid (1954)

The Raid poster
Directed by
Hugo Fregonese
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Confederate soldiers launch a revenge attack on a Vermont town during the Civil War. They burn buildings and take hostages. The townspeople fight back.

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What happens

The Raid is a 1954 American Western film set during the American Civil War. It stars Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone and Lee Marvin. It is loosely based on a true incident, the St. Albans Raid, as well as the book by Herbert Ravenal Sass. However the film made a significant change, turning the raid into an act of revenge for William Tecumseh Sherman's burning of Atlanta. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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