Drango

original title:
Drango
country / year of production:
USA / 1956 (x)
original length:
92 min. , black/white
premiere:
FIN: 2 August 1957
genre:
adventure
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director:
Hall Bartlett , Jules Bricken
film script:
Hall Bartlett
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cast (role):
Jeff Chandler , Joanne Dru , Julie London
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plot synopsis:
This western takes place at the end of the American Civil War and deals with Major Drango, who becomes the governor of Georgia. After the war he rebuilts the state, that he destroyed during war as the officer of the northern states army. But the putative occupying force has to fight with the resistance of the population.
keywords:
occupation , civilians , post-war era , assault on superiors , insubordination , resistance, opposition
war:
American Civil War or War of Secession (1861-1865)
literature:
James M. McPherson. For cause and comrades: Why men fought in the Civil War. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997.
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