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Bad Lands (1939 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Bad Lands
| image = File:Bad Lands (1939 film).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Lew Landers
| producer = Robert Sisk
| writer = Clarence Upson Young
| starring = Robert Barrat
Noah Beery Jr.
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
| music = Roy Webb
| cinematography = Russell Metty
Frank Redman
| editing = George Hively
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released =
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $84,000Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', 'Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57.
| gross = $141,000
}}
'Bad Lands' is a 1939 Western film. 'Bad Lands' is a remake of John Ford's 'The Lost Patrol', with the locale changed from the Mesopotamian to the Arizona desert.
Plot summary
In 1875, a posse headed by sheriff Sheriff Bill Cummings (Robert Barrat) is held at bay by Apache warriors. The posse members are picked off, one by one, until only the Sheriff is left.
Cast
* Robert Barrat as Sheriff Bill Cummings
* Noah Beery Jr. as Chick Lyman
* Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Billy Sweet
* Andy Clyde as Cluff
* Paul Hurst as Curly Tom
* Robert Coote as Eaton
* Addison Richards as Rayburn
* Douglas Walton as Bob Mulford
* Francis Ford as Charlie Garth
* Francis McDonald as Manuel Lopez
Reception
According to the RKO records the film had a loss of $6,000.
References
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