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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 Jayhawkers!: Directed by Melvin Frank. With Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Nicole Maurey, Henry Silva. Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
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- Western
- Melvin Frank
- 1959-10-15
One early Kansas history contained this succinct characterization of the Jayhawkers: Confederated at first for defense against pro-slavery outrages, but ultimately falling more or less completely into the vocation of robbers and assassins, they have received the name—whatever its origin may be—of jayhawkers.
Jul 27, 2017 · Fess Parker is Cam Bleeker, a former renegade who breaks out of prison and begins a desperate journey home, hopeful for a reunion with a wife rumored to be dead. He finds a woman in his former home, but it’s widowed immigrant Jeanne DuBouis (Nicole Maurey), not his wife.
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Before long, a posse arrives looking for Cam, and for the children's safety, he surrenders. He is brought before Governor William Clayton, who promises to return his freedom if he will find and capture Luke Darcy, the elusive leader of a powerful group of raiders called the Jayhawkers.
- Melvin Frank
- Jeff Chandler
Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
The Jayhawkers! (1959) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
