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The Badlanders

The Badlanders

1958Movie⏱️ 1h 25mApproved
CrimeDramaThrillerWestern
6.4
IMDB Rating
1,824 votes

Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge, and their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott.

Director
Delmer Daves
Writers
Richard Collins, W.R. Burnett
Stars
Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado
Release Date
December 14, 1958
Language
English, Spanish
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
as Peter Van Hoek ('The Dutchman')
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
as John 'Mac' McBain
Katy Jurado
Katy Jurado
as Anita
Claire Kelly
Claire Kelly
as Ada Winton
Kent Smith
Kent Smith
as Cyril Lounsberry
Nehemiah Persoff
Nehemiah Persoff
as Vincente - The Powder Monkey
Robert Emhardt
Robert Emhardt
as Sample
Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso
as Comanche
Adam Williams
Adam Williams
as Leslie
Ford Rainey
Ford Rainey
as Warden

💰 Box Office

$4,006
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Filming Location
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Production
Arcola Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

mineheistprisonmining townex convict

🎯 Categories

Classical WesternCrimeDramaThrillerWestern

⭐ Featured Review

Solid Western Fare
by ObeseManWatching2012-01-23
6/10

"This is the kind of film that you want to find when you sit down on a Sunday afternoon to have some "TV time". Alad Ladd is as solid and dependable as ever with his usual "cool and unruffled" persona and is probably the least effective of all of the leads! Ernest Borgnine and Katy Jurado initially look like an unlikely pairing but as the film progresses they "gel" more and more. It would also appear to have been an inspired piece of casting as the actors themselves "paired up" during this film and married the following year of its release! For me the t..."

💡 Did You Know?

Ernest Borgnine met his future wife Katy Jurado while working on this film. A reporter saw the two laughing over lunch one day and started a rumor that the two were involved romantically, which Borgnine insisted for the rest of his life was not true. The story persisted, though, and Borgnine's wife ended up divorcing him because of it. Ironically, he and Jurado grew closer and closer because of this trouble, and ended up marrying in 1959 and would remain so until 1963.

📖 Synopsis

Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge, and their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott.