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Feature film — 1958

The Badlanders (1958)

6.21h 25mWestern — Crime

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.

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A high-signal pick with 46 votes.

Arcola Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Director: Delmer Daves

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Cast & crew

Alan Ladd as Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)

Alan Ladd

Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)

Ernest Borgnine as John McBain

Ernest Borgnine

John McBain

Katy Jurado as Anita

Katy Jurado

Anita

Claire Kelly as Ada Winton

Claire Kelly

Ada Winton

Kent Smith as Cyril Lounsberry

Kent Smith

Cyril Lounsberry

Nehemiah Persoff as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)

Nehemiah Persoff

Vincente (The Powder Monkey)

Robert Emhardt as Sample

Robert Emhardt

Sample

Anthony Caruso as Comanche

Anthony Caruso

Comanche

Adam Williams as Deputy Leslie

Adam Williams

Deputy Leslie

Ford Rainey as Yuma Prison Warden

Ford Rainey

Yuma Prison Warden

John Daheim as Lee

John Daheim

Lee

Jack Perkins as Miner (uncredited)

Jack Perkins

Miner (uncredited)

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