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In the USA Network dramedy Psych, the fictional "Battle of Piper's Cove" reenacted in the 2006 episode "Weekend Warriors" seems to be based on the Lawrence Massacre.
The battle is also depicted in the Steven Spielberg-produced 2005 miniseries Into the West and in Ang Lee's 1999 film Ride with the Devil, plus the Audie Murphy western Kansas Raiders (1950).
The 1940 film Dark Command, based on a novel of the same name, is a fictionalized account of the events in much more of a classic B-movie western style. The film starred John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, and Walter Pidgeon, but bore no resemblance to the events of history.
The 2010 Coen Brother's film, True Grit, includes a scene in which the characters played by Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon argue about Quantrill. Damon's Texas Ranger calls him a murderer; Bridges' US Marshall, who "rode with" Quantrill, calls him a patriot. Damon ends the argument after Bridges refers to "Captain Quantrill," ridiculing the title: "Captain of what?" This conversation appeared first in Charles Portis' book of the same name published in 1968. The same exchange existed in the original 1969 film.
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