The Scavengers | |
Director: | Lee Frost |
Producer: | Wes Bishop Bob Cresse |
Starring: | John Bliss Maria Lease Michael Divoka Roda Spain John Riazzi Wes Bishop |
Cinematography: | Robert Maxwell |
Music: | Lee Frost Paul Hunt |
Studio: | Cresse-Frost Productions |
Distributor: | Aquarius Releasing |
Runtime: | 94 min. |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
The Scavengers (1969) is a Western war drama and exploitation film released in 1969 and rereleased as The Grabbers in 1970. It was directed by Lee Frost and stars John Bliss.[1]
The film is set in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Renegade soldiers of the Confederate States Army fight against armed freedmen in a town of the American frontier.
The film takes place in the period just after the American Civil War. Renegade Confederate soldiers take command of a frontier town, but after they molest a young black woman, a group of freedmen arm themselves and counterattack.[2]