The rough riders of Texas
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The rough riders of Texas |
| Original title | The Raiders |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Herschel Daugherty |
| script | Gene L. Coon |
| production | Howard Christie |
| music |
Morton Stevens David Buttolph (not mentioned) |
| camera | Bud Thackery |
| cut | Gene Palmer |
| occupation | |
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The Rough Riders of Texas is an American western from 1963.
action
After the civil war, the former Southern Colonel McElroy worked as a rancher. He and six other ranchers drive cattle to the nearest railroad loading station in Hays City, Kansas. When they get into Indian territory in Oklahoma Territory, they are stolen from their cattle by fraudulent dealers. The ranchers are successfully negotiating with the Indians over a railway line through their land so that the ranchers have a shorter route for the cattle. The manager of the Kansas and Pacific Railroad explains that the company is planning a railway line to the west. Texas, which is in the south, is not part of the plan. The frustrated ranchers join a band of train robbers, the Raiders .
Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill are part of an army unit under Captain Benton, which is to protect the railway line and especially the supplies under Calamity Jane for the railway workers. Benton plans an ambush to fight the raiders with machine guns. But Hickock and Buffalo Bill can separate McElroy and his rancher friends from the gang. They convince the raiders to return to their ranches. Railroad managers are convinced to build a railroad to Abilene, Kansas.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films describes the film as "thematically interesting, technically average Western."
background
In December 1963 the western opened in US cinemas. It was first shown in Germany on May 1, 1964.
Web links
- The rough riders of Texas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Rough Riders of Texas. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .