The Badlanders
6.5
“A treasure to steal...a woman to win...a past to forget...”
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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Cast
20 people
Alan Ladd
Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)
Known for
Shane
This Gun for Hire
Ernest Borgnine
John McBain
Known for
Escape from New York
Jesus of Nazareth
Katy Jurado
Anita
Known for
High Noon
Te Sigo Amando
Claire Kelly
Ada Winton
Known for
Party Girl
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
Kent Smith
Cyril Lounsberry
Known for
Cat People
The Invaders
Nehemiah Persoff
Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
Known for
An American Tail
Some Like It Hot
Robert Emhardt
Sample
Known for
3:10 to Yuma
The Intruder
Anthony Caruso
Comanche
Known for
The Asphalt Jungle
Objective, Burma!
Adam Williams
Deputy Leslie
Known for
North by Northwest
The Big Heat
Ford Rainey
Yuma Prison Warden
Known for
Halloween II
White Heat
John Daheim
Lee
Known for
Champion
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Jack Perkins
Miner (uncredited)
Known for
Automan
Nickelodeon
Delmer Daves Director · Richard Collins Screenplay W.R. Burnett Author
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $1.4M · United States release September 3, 1958
Box office
Budget
$1,436,000
Worldwide gross
$2,015,000
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
Arcola Pictures
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 3, 1958
Theatrical
France
March 25, 1959 · Theatrical
Germany
December 18, 1958 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 14, 1958 · Theatrical
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