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Morgan's Raiders(1918)

Drama

Status: Released

Date: 1918-02-18

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Time: 0h 50m

A Charming Picture of War-time Dixie-land

Overview:

"Wild Cat" Betsey Dawley, whose father, "Handsome Harry," was disowned by the proud Dawley family of Greenburgh, Kentucky, meets and thoroughly charms her snobbish cousin Virginia's fiancé, John Davidson, at a picnic. At the start of the Civil War, John becomes a Union officer, while Betsey and her father staunchly defend the South. When Confederate Colonel Morgan, the leader of the intrepid band known as "Morgan's Men," commissions a young horseman to deliver an important message to the Dawley mansion, the rider is shot and Betsey takes his place, breaking through the lines and successfully accomplishing the mission.

Languages: No Language.

Countries:

United States of America

ProductionCompanies:

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Bluebird Photoplays

Movie: Morgan's Raiders

Top 5 Billed Cast

Violet Mersereau

Betsey Dawley

Barbara Gilroy

Virginia Dawley

Edmund Burns

John Davidson

Frank Holland

Frank Holland

'Handsome Harry' Dawley

William Cavanaugh

William Cavanaugh

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