Best of the Badmen (1951)
Here they come!
84 min
After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim allegiance to the Union, thereby clearing their wanted status. But standing in Clanton's way are the corrupt lawmen Joad and Fowler, who would rather keep the men outlaws to collect the reward on their heads. After Joad and Fowler frame Clanton for murder, he manages to escape, becoming an outlaw himself.
- Release date
- August 9, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Paul Sawtell
Cast
- Robert Ryan as Jeff Clanton
- Claire Trevor as Lily
- Jack Buetel as Bob Younger
- Robert Preston as Matthew Fowler
- Walter Brennan as 'Doc' Butcher
- Bruce Cabot as Cole Younger
- John Archer as Curley Ringo
- Lawrence Tierney as Jesse James
- Barton MacLane as Joad
- Tom Tyler as Frank James
Crew
- William D. Russell · Director
- Robert Hardy Andrews · Writer
- John Twist · Writer
- Herman Schlom · Producer
- Paul Sawtell · Composer
- Edward Cronjager · Cinematographer
- Desmond Marquette · Editor