| The Raid | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hugo Fregonese |
| Produced by | Robert L. Jacks |
| Written by | Francis Cockrell (Story) Herbert Ravenel Sass Sydney Boehm |
| Starring | Van Heflin Anne Bancroft Richard Boone Lee Marvin |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Editing by | Robert Golden |
| Studio | Panoramic Productions |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Release date(s) | August 4, 1954 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Raid is a Technicolor 1954 American film set during the American Civil War. It stars Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone and Lee Marvin. In 1864 a group of Confederate prisoners held in a Union prison stockade at Plattsburg, New York, not many miles from the Canadian border, escape. They head for Canada and plan a raid across the border into St. Albans, Vermont, to rob its banks and burn buildings. 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, moving the action from 1864 to 1865, turning the raid into an act of revenge for Sherman's burning of Atlanta.
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