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Bad Bascomb (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Bad Bascomb' is a 1946 American western film starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien.'Variety' film review; February 6, 1946.'Harrison's Reports' film review; February 9, 1946, page 22. The movie was directed by S. Sylvan Simon. The supporting cast features Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish, Frances Rafferty, Marshall Thompson and Henry O'Neill.
Plot
"Bad" Bascomb is a notorious outlaw wanted by federal marshals after outwitting every group sent to capture him. He and fellow bandit Bart Yancey, a cold-blooded killer, have again eluded the marshals by joining a Mormon wagon train heading to Utah. They pretend to be helpful, and Bascomb becomes fond of an admiring little girl who attaches herself to him played by O'Brien. Beery eventually distances himself from Yancey by thwarting an attempted robbery and then saves the wagon train from an attack by Indians by riding to get help, before being taken captive by the marshal at the end of the movie.
Cast
* Wallace Beery as Zed Bascomb
* Margaret O'Brien as Emmy
* Marjorie Main as Abbey Hanks
* J. Carrol Naish as Bart Yancey
* Frances Rafferty as Dora McCabe
* Russell Simpson as Elijah Walker
* Marshall Thompson as Jimmy Holden
* Henry O'Neill as Governor Winton
* Sara Haden as Tillie Lovejoy
* Frank Darien as Elder Moab McCabe
* Stanley Andrews as Col. Cartright (uncredited)
* Joseph Crehan as Gov. Ames (uncredited)
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $2,384,000 in the US and Canada and $1,261,000 elsewhere, leading to an overall profit of $648,000.See also [https://archive.org/stream/variety165-1947-01#page/n54/mode/1up "60 Top Grossers of 1946", 'Variety' 8 January 1947 p8]
See also
The other six Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main films:
* 'Wyoming' (1940)
* 'Barnacle Bill' (1941)
* 'Jackass Mail' (1942)
* 'The Bugle Sounds' (1942)
* 'Rationing' (1944)
* 'Big Jack' (1949)
References
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