The Badlanders

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NR,1hr 25min

Genres:

Western,Romance

Release:

1958

Director:

Delmer Daves

Distributor:

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution

Starring:

Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado ... More

Synopsis: Peter Van Hook (Alan Ladd), alias The Dutchman, is nearing the end of a stretch in Yuma Territorial Prison for a gold robbery that he didn't commit. Released early with the unwitting -- and unwilling -- help of fellow inmate John McBain (Ernest Borgnine), he sets about getting even with the men and the mining company whose original owner got him into trouble, in a plan of double- and triple-crosses for which he needs the reluctant help of McBain. The latter wants nothing more than to go back to the ... Full Synopsis

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	Bruce Eder, AMG Review Delmer Daves' The Badlanders walks a fine line between the traditional and the modern western, with some surprising -- and appealing -- twists along the way. It was based on W. R. Burnett's The Asphalt Jungle, which had been filmed in a form very close to the original book at MGM eight years earlier by John Huston. Transposing the story to a western setting works well -- this is one of the better noir-ish ... Read Review