| Bad Lands | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Theatrical release poster | |
| 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
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In 1875, a posse headed by sheriff Sheriff Bill Cummings 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
Categories:
- 1939 films
- 1939 Western (genre) films
- American Western (genre) films
- Films scored by Roy Webb
- Films set in 1875
- Films set in Arizona
- RKO Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films directed by Lew Landers
- 1930s American films
- English-language Western (genre) films