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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Return Of The Bad Men (1948)

Set during the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, a cadre of outlaws headed by the notorious outlaw Wild Bill Doolin (Robert Armstrong) prey on the newly prosperous territory. The nastiest of the gang is The Sundance Kid (Robert Ryan) and the town's marshal (Randolph Scott) has a personal grudge to settle with the Kid. Directed by Ray Enright (THE SPOILERS). Typical B western fodder, the kind that played on Saturday afternoons on TV when I was a kid. The good guys (Scott) vs. the bad guys (Ryan), the "bad" girl (Anne Jeffreys) and the "good" girl (Jacqueline White) both in love with the hero, shoot outs and fist fights. You could follow the movie like a map of western movie cliches. Being the bad girl who turns good because she loves the marshal and turns against her outlaw pals, you just know that Jeffreys won't make it to the end. Then there's the ubiquitous Gabby Hayes, irritating as ever presumably there to provide comedy (epic fail there). With Lex Barker, Robert Bray, Steve Brodie and Minna Gombell.

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