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The Badlanders

The Badlanders
★ 6.2/10•1958•1h 25m•NR•Western•Crime

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.

Richard Collins · Screenplay

Delmer Daves · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 25m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 3, 1958
Budget$1,436,000
Revenue$2,015,000

Actors

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd

Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

John McBain

Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

Anita

Claire Kelly

Claire Kelly

Ada Winton

Kent Smith

Kent Smith

Cyril Lounsberry

Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff

Vincente (The Powder Monkey)

Robert Emhardt

Robert Emhardt

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Anthony Caruso

Anthony Caruso

Comanche

Adam Williams

Adam Williams

Deputy Leslie

Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Yuma Prison Warden

John Daheim

John Daheim

Lee

Jack Perkins

Jack Perkins

Miner (uncredited)

George Boyce

Yuma Prison Board Member

Anna Navarro

Anna Navarro

Raquel

Joe Dominguez

Mine Worker (uncredited)

Jorge Moreno

Jorge Moreno

Pancho, Mine Worker (uncredited)

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