The Jayhawkers!

The Backwards Napoleon. The Jayhawkers! is directed by Melvin Frank and Frank shares writing duties with A. I. Bezzerides, Frank Fenton and Joe Petracca. It stars Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Nicole Maurey, Henry Silva, Leo Gordon and Frank DeKova. Music is by Jerome Moross and cinematography by Loyal Griggs. Ter…

This could have been so much better had they just made some better casting decisions. Even I might have made a better job of playing "Bleeker" than the dreadfully wooden Fess Parker. At times you can almost hear director Melvin Frank shouting "action" (or possibly even "breathe") at him as his staccato delivery sucks m…