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Director:
William D. Russell
Writers:
Robert Hardy Andrews (screenplay)
Robert Hardy Andrews (story)
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Release Date:
19 November 1951 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Western
Tagline:
Here they come!
Plot:
The outlaws of the Clanton and Younger gangs are the heroes of this fictionalized biography. full summary | add synopsis
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Enjoyable B-western given Grade A trimmings and a good cast... more (5 total)
US TV Schedule:
Tue. Nov. 1010:00 AMTCM   

Cast

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Robert Ryan ... Jeff Clanton

Claire Trevor ... Lily
Jack Buetel ... Bob Younger
Robert Preston ... Matthew Fowler

Walter Brennan ... 'Doc' Butcher Ephrim
Bruce Cabot ... Cole Younger
John Archer ... Curly Ringo
Lawrence Tierney ... Jesse James
Barton MacLane ... Joad
Tom Tyler ... Frank James

Robert J. Wilke ... Jim Younger (as Bob Wilke)
John Cliff ... John Younger
Lee MacGregor ... Lieutenant
Emmett Lynn ... Oscar
Carleton Young ... Wilson
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Runtime:
84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
UK:U | West Germany:12 (nf) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #14739) | Sweden:15
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Bob Younger: We're going to California. We hear there's gold out there.
Doc Butcher: There's gold in the mint at Denver, too, and it's a lot closer.
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Enjoyable B-western given Grade A trimmings and a good cast..., 12 August 2008
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

Whatever merit BEST OF THE BADMEN has as a movie can be traced to its cast of film veterans headed by ROBERT RYAN, ROBERT PRESTON, CLAIRE TREVOR, WALTER BRENNAN, BRUCE CABOT, JACK BEUTEL and LAWRENCE TIERNEY, all of whom look right at home in this post-Civil War western about Quantrill's Raiders who are still acting as though the war between the states isn't over.

CLAIRE TREVOR has her usual hard-boiled role as Lily, a woman married to ROBERT PRESTON, a corrupt man out to capture the good Yankee, ROBERT RYAN--but who meets with resistance when his wife plots to help Ryan escape jail. The story is rather routine and not on too firm a footing toward the end, but it's all made enjoyable by the usual number of shootouts and roundups, all filmed in some fine Technicolor.

While Preston and Cabot have the meatiest bad men roles, it's really Ryan and Trevor who walk off with the acting honors. As for JACK BEUTEL, it's easy to see why he never made it to major stardom despite his handsome good looks.

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