Andrews Last Raider
Logline
During the Civil War, The Great Locomotive Chase. A secret cache of gold the Confederates shipped on the train. A young stowaway, now an amnesic elderly man in 1928. When his memories return, he struggles to find the gold with the aid of a one time mobster.
Genre
Action,Crime,Drama,Historical Fiction
Short Summary
In a desperate gamble by the Confederacy, a plan is hatched to win the Civil War in its opening months. The mission fails during what is now known as the greatest locomotive chase in history. All the raiders are captured or accounted for except one, a small boy who was a stowaway on the train.
He survives to live a long life, however due to a war injury his memories, including a fortune in gold that was concealed on the train is lost. In 1928, with the aid of a onetime mobster, they stumble through a maze of murder and greed, concluding in a bloody battle of the not so good against evil.
Setting
Ringgold Georgia
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Tragedy,Quest
Plot - Other Elements
Happy Ending,Twist
Mature Audience Themes
Sexual Abuse,Extreme Violence
Main Character Details
Name: Danny Summers
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Adventurous,Charming,Heroic,Honorable,Uneducated,Selfless,Strong Moral Code
Additional Character Details
Name: Martin Malone
Age: 28-30
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Adventurous,Badass,Complex,Confident,Criminal,Faithful,Heroic,Honorable,Lone Wolf,Unapologetic,Strong Moral Code,Secretive,Skillful,Selfless,Blunt,Patriotic,Masculine
Additional Character Details
Name: Sammy Summers
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Role: protagonist
Key Traits: Charming,Complex,Engaging,Faithful,Gracious,Honorable,Strong Moral Code,Romantic,Selfless,Modest
Additional Character Details
Name: Billy Godard
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Role: antagonist
Key Traits: Complex,Modest,Badass,Crazy,Desperate,Power Hungry,Uneducated,Villainous,Narcisstic
Development Pitch
ANDREWS LAST RAIDER: It begins during the Civil War. It is recorded as the Greatest Locomotive Chase in History. Why did the Union spy Jim Andrews steal The General? Was it really to disrupt the lines of communications between Confederate forces in Atlanta Georgia and Chattanooga Tennessee? Or was there more to the story. Perhaps a secret shipment of gold, intercepted by Andrews and his raiders. The struggles of a small boy now elderly and amnesic, in regaining his memories and the events of the chase and the gold shipment. Andrews Last Raider is an adventure. A story of good over evil and redemption from the sins of our past. It is best told in a movie format. It takes a known piece of our history and gives it another explanation, something that has never been explored. Why did Andrews steal The General?