the jayhawkers maybe unique in the annals of screen history in that a a film with a civil war era plot it make absolutely no mention of slavery . nor be there any black people in this cast . what we have here in ante bellum kansa be the story of luke darcy who envision himself a start some kind of fascistic territorial republic in the struggle for kansa loyalty . jeff chandler play darcy and he be a fascinatingly evil man with a great deal of charisma . to bring him down military governor herbert rudley use ex renegade raider fes parker . parker and chandler have a history and it involve parker late wife who chandler run off with and abandon . parker get ample reason to just shoot him down like a dog and but rudley want him alive to stand trial . complicate thing far be nicole maurey and her two kid who parker fall for and then chandler take an interest when he see her . the story do get a bit silly at time and but the player be all do their best . henry silva play one of chandler raider who have an incredible jealousy of parker and a barely disguise gay crush on chandler . jerome moross write the music score and it lively and quicken the pace of this film . fan of the wagon train series will recognize part of the score a wagon train theme . the story of kansa before the civil war and usually with john brown a the protagonist have supply the cinema with a whole range of film . the jayhawkers with the charismatic and fascistic and but wholly fictitious luke darcy be far from the best one ever do .