Bad Lands (1939 film)
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Directed by | Lew Landers |
Written by | Clarence Upson Young |
Produced by | Robert Sisk |
Starring | Robert Barrat Noah Beery Jr. Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams |
Cinematography | Russell Metty Frank Redman |
Edited by | George Hively |
Music by | Roy Webb |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $84,000[2] |
Box office | $141,000[2] |
Bad Lands is a 1939 Western film. Bad Lands is a remake of John Ford's The Lost Patrol, with the locale changed from the Mesopotamian to the Arizona desert.[3]
Plot summary
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In 1875, a posse headed by sheriff Sheriff Bill Cummings (Robert Barrat) is held at bay by Apache warriors. The posse members are picked off, one by one, until only the Sheriff is left.
Cast
- Robert Barrat as Sheriff Bill Cummings
- Noah Beery Jr. as Chick Lyman
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Billy Sweet
- Andy Clyde as Cluff
- Paul Hurst as Curly Tom
- Robert Coote as Eaton
- Addison Richards as Rayburn
- Douglas Walton as Bob Mulford
- Francis Ford as Charlie Garth
- Francis McDonald as Manuel Lopez
Reception
According to the RKO records the film had a loss of $6,000.[2]
References
- ^ "Bad Lands: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57.
- ^ "Bad Lands (1939) - Lew Landers | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
External links
- Bad Lands at IMDb
- Bad Lands at AllMovie
- Bad Lands at the TCM Movie Database
- Bad Lands at the American Film Institute Catalog
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