The Outriders

Name: The Outriders
Genre: Western
Released: 1950-03-01
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan

19501950
PGPG
1h 33m

In 1865, three escaped Confederate POWs are coerced into joining an offshoot of Quantrill's raiders who are planning to rob a Union gold shipment concealed in a civilian wagon train going fr... Read allIn 1865, three escaped Confederate POWs are coerced into joining an offshoot of Quantrill's raiders who are planning to rob a Union gold shipment concealed in a civilian wagon train going from Santa Fe to St. Louis.In 1865, three escaped Confederate POWs are coerced into joining an offshoot of Quantrill's raiders who are planning to rob a Union gold shipment concealed in a civilian wagon train going from Santa Fe to St. Louis.

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Arlene Dahl and Joel McCrea in The Outriders (1950)

Ramon Novarro, Arlene Dahl, Martin Garralaga, and Claude Jarman Jr. in The Outriders (1950)

Arlene Dahl, Claude Jarman Jr., and Joel McCrea in The Outriders (1950)

Arlene Dahl, Martin Garralaga, and Claude Jarman Jr. in The Outriders (1950)

Director
- Roy Rowland
Writer
- Irving Ravetch(screenplay) (story)
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Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from Camp Benton, a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to to go to Santa Fe to join a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting $1miilion in Union gold to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap at Cow Creek in Missouri, but one of them builds friendships with the wagon train travelers and a widow and he continues to have doubts and misgivings.. —Mister-UHF

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Taglines
- M-G-M's NEW TECHNICOLOR ADVENTURE ROMANCE! (original print ad - all caps)
Genre
- Western
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The film was originally to star Van Heflin, Van Johnson and John Hodiak.

Connections
Referenced in Watch the Birdie (1950)

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Joel McCrea was no more the romantic lead of "Colorado's territory" which was made the year before.At the beginning of the movie he is a bearded man and seems much older than the year before ."The outriders" is a routine western,but an entertaining one,with at least two very good scenes:Arlene Dahl's young brother-in-law ,on guard,afraid of everything,and seeing Indians everywhere ,this very short sequence packs a real wallop; and the scene of the river which almost compares favorably with that of Vidor's "northwest passage".Although the plot is much predictable -with gorgeous Dahl,it could not be any other way-,the plot retains suspense and the colors are fine.

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