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Seven Angry Men
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Wikipedia article
'Seven Angry Men' is a 1955 American Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Raymond Massey, Debra Paget and Jeffrey Hunter.SEVEN ANGRY MEN Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 22, Iss. 252, (Jan 1, 1955): 182.
It is about the abolitionist John Brown, particularly his involvement in Bleeding Kansas and his leadership of the Raid on Harpers Ferry. The title refers to Brown and his six sons.
Plot summary
John Brown (Raymond Massey) is a 19th-century abolitionist. After cutting a bloody swath through Kansas, Brown and his followers take refuge in a warehouse at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, where he meets his own personal Waterloo at the hands of federal troops.
Cast
* Raymond Massey as John Brown
* Debra Paget as Elizabeth Clark
* Jeffrey Hunter as Owen Brown
* Larry Pennell as Oliver Brown
* Leo Gordon as Martin White
* John Smith as Frederick Brown
* James Best as Jason Beown
* Dennis Weaver as John Brown Jr.
* Guy Williams as Salmon Brown
* Tom Irish as Watson Brown
* James Anderson as Henry Thompson
* James Edwards as Ned Green
* John Pickard as George Wilson
* Smoki Whitfield as Newby
* Jack Lomas as Doyle
* Robert Simon as Lewis Washington
* Richard H. Cutting as Maj. Beckham (uncredited)
* Lester Dorr as Henry David Thoreau (uncredited)
* Selmer Jackson as Ralph Waldo Emerson (uncredited)
* John Lupton as J.E.B. Stuart (uncredited)
* Robert Osterloh as Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
* Carleton Young as Judge (uncredited)
Production
Raymond Massey had previously played Brown in 'Santa Fe Trail' (1940) and appeared on stage in 'John Brown's Body'.
The film was known as 'John Brown's Raiders'. In July 1954 Walter Mirisch announced the film would be one of 15 Allied Artists would make over the next 6 months.Allied Artists Plans Program of 15 Movies
Los Angeles Times 2 July 1954: B6. The same month the studio announced that Massey would play Brown.DIZZY DEAN TO TRY HAND AS AN ACTOR: Enters Into Pact to Co-star in Movies and TV Series -- Release of 'Jet Pilot' Is Set
By THOMAS M. PRYOR New York Times 08 July 1954: 18.
Hunter and Paget were borrowed from 20th Century Fox. Filming started in September 1954.OKLAHOMA!' FILM GETS NEW DANCES: Agnes De Mille Changing the Choreographic Concept for Big-Screen Version
By THOMAS M. PRYORSpecial to The New York Times. 18 Sep 1954: 12.
Reception
'The New York Times' critic called it a "competent if hardly inspired Allied Artists presentation".
See also
*List of American films of 1955
*List of films featuring slavery
References
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