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The Badlanders (1958)

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A treasure to steal...a woman to win...a past to forget...

Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people in a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly. The other, McBain, is just trying to go straight, but that is easier said than done once The Dutchman involves him in his gold theft scheme. Based on the 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett, the story is given an 1898 setting. It is the second film adaptation of the novel following 1950's noir classic The Asphalt Jungle.

Cast & Crew

Director
Delmer Daves
  • Profile picture of Alan Ladd
    Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman) Alan Ladd
  • Profile picture of Ernest Borgnine
    John McBain Ernest Borgnine
  • Profile picture of Katy Jurado
    Anita Katy Jurado
  • Profile picture of Claire Kelly
    Ada Winton Claire Kelly
  • Profile picture of Kent Smith
    Cyril Lounsberry Kent Smith
  • Profile picture of Nehemiah Persoff
    Vincente (The Powder Monkey) Nehemiah Persoff
  • Profile picture of Robert Emhardt
    Sample Robert Emhardt
  • Profile picture of Anthony Caruso
    Comanche Anthony Caruso

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