The Raid (1954 film)

The Raid
Directed byHugo Fregonese
Screenplay bySydney Boehm
Story byFrancis M. Cockrell
(as Francis Cockrell)
Based onAffair at St. Albans
1948 novel
by Herbert Ravenel Sass
(as Herbert Ravenal Sass)
Produced byRobert L. Jacks
StarringVan Heflin
Anne Bancroft
Richard Boone
Lee Marvin
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byRobert Golden
Music byRoy Webb
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Panoramic Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • August 4, 1954 (1954-08-04) (United States)
  • August 20, 1954 (1954-08-20) (New York City)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$650,000

The Raid is a 1954 American Western film set during the American Civil War. It stars Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone and Lee Marvin. 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, turning the raid into an act of revenge for William Tecumseh Sherman's burning of Atlanta.