news news John Brown's Raid 1960 60 min Drama, TV Movie White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Based on true events. watched want to watch oscars IMDb 5.2 director Sidney Lumet writer Robert J. Crean news ✕ loading… cast Roberts Blossom Stevens James Broderick T Thomas A. Carlin Ossie Davis Dangerfield Newby Robert Duvall Earle Hyman Tim O'Connor James Mason John Brown Wesley Addy Col. Lewis Washington James Greene