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* [[Robert Osterloh]] as [[Robert E. Lee]] (uncredited)
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==Production==
The film was known as ''john Brown's Raiders''. Hunter and Paget were borrowed from 20th Century Fox.<ref>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. New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]18 Sep 1954: 12. </ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
''[[The New York Times]]'' critic called it a "competent if hardly inspired Allied Artists presentation".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E0D9153EE53ABC4A53DFB266838E649EDE |title=Screen: Misguided Saga; Seven Angry Men' Opens at Palace |author=H. H. T. |date=April 2, 1955 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
''[[The New York Times]]'' critic called it a "competent if hardly inspired Allied Artists presentation".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E0D9153EE53ABC4A53DFB266838E649EDE |title=Screen: Misguided Saga; Seven Angry Men' Opens at Palace |author=H. H. T. |date=April 2, 1955 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

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Seven Angry Men
Directed byCharles Marquis Warren
Written byDaniel B. Ullman
Produced byVincent M. Fennelly
Walter Mirisch
StarringRaymond Massey
Debra Paget
Jeffrey Hunter
Larry Pennell
CinematographyEllsworth Fredericks
Edited byRichard C. Meyer
Music byCarl Brandt
Production
company
Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • March 27, 1955 (1955-03-27)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Seven Angry Men is a 1955 American historical drama film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Raymond Massey, Debra Paget and Jeffrey Hunter.

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 controversial 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

Production

The film was known as john Brown's Raiders. Hunter and Paget were borrowed from 20th Century Fox.[1]

Reception

The New York Times critic called it a "competent if hardly inspired Allied Artists presentation".[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]18 Sep 1954: 12.
  2. ^ H. H. T. (April 2, 1955). "Screen: Misguided Saga; Seven Angry Men' Opens at Palace". The New York Times.
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