The Badlanders (1958)
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.
Director:
Delmer Daves
Writer:
Richard Collins
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Alan Ladd as Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman) |
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Ernest Borgnine as John McBain |
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Katy Jurado as Anita |
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Claire Kelly as Ada Winton |
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Kent Smith as Cyril Lounsberry |
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Nehemiah Persoff as Vincente (The Powder Monkey) |
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Robert Emhardt as Sample |
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Anthony Caruso as Comanche |
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Adam Williams as Deputy Leslie |
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Ford Rainey as Yuma Prison Warden |
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John Daheim as Lee |
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Jack Perkins as Miner (uncredited) |
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George Boyce as Yuma Prison Board Member |
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Anna Navarro as Raquel |
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Joe Dominguez as Mine Worker (uncredited) |
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Jorge Moreno as Pancho, Mine Worker (uncredited) |
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Hal Taggart as Yuma Prison Board Member (uncredited) |
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Richard Devon as Prison Guard (uncredited) |
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Ann Doran as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited) |
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Almira Sessions as Old Woman Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited) |
| Directing | Delmer Daves | Director |
| Writing | Richard Collins | Screenplay |
| Writing | W.R. Burnett | Novel |
| Art | Daniel B. Cathcart | Art Direction |
| Art | William A. Horning | Art Direction |
| Art | Henry Grace | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jack Mills | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Ridgeway Callow | Assistant Director |
| Production | Aaron Rosenberg | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Truwe | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Wesley C. Miller | Recording Supervision |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Webb | Editor |
| Editing | James Baiotto | Editor |