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The Bad Man (1941 film)

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'The Bad Man' is a 1941 American Western film starring Wallace Beery and featuring Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, and Ronald Reagan. The movie was written by Wells Root from the 1920 Porter Emerson Browne play of the same name, and directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is a remake of the 1923 silent version and the 1930 remake starring Walter Huston. The 1941 supporting cast includes Tom Conway and Chill Wills.

Plot



Gil Jones is happy to find Lucia, his childhood love, when she unexpectedly arrives at his ranch in Mexico, but he learns that she is now married to Morgan Pell, a businessman from New York. That same afternoon, the famous bandit Pancho Lopez steals cattle from the ranch and injures Gil. Gil's uncle Henry is angry that the robbery is ruining them. In the evening, Morgan tells Lucia that he fears that she still loves Gil, but she promises to always stay with him.

A month later, when the banker Hardy wanted to take over the ranch, Morgan returned from the city and offered $20,000 for this apparently worthless ranch. Uncle Henry manages to convince the two men that there may be petroleum under his land. It gets even more complicated when Lopez arrives and takes everyone hostage ... except Gil who was in the barn at the time.

Cast



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in the trailer

* Wallace Beery as Pancho Lopez

* Lionel Barrymore as Uncle Henry Jones

* Laraine Day as Lucia Pell

* Ronald Reagan as Gil Jones

* Henry Travers as Jasper Hardy

* Chris-Pin Martin as Pedro

* Tom Conway as Morgan Pell

* Chill Wills as Red Giddings

* Nydia Westman as Angela Hardy

* Charles Stevens as Venustiano

Production



The two actors with the most screen time in the film were Beery and Reagan. Tom Conway was the brother of actor George Sanders. Chill Wills, shown here near the beginning of his career, remained a major comedic character actor in movies for decades, and Lionel Barrymore was the brother of legendary actor John Barrymore, the grandfather of actress Drew Barrymore. Ronald Reagan became the president of the United States four decades after 'The Bad Man' was released.

See also



* Lionel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio

* Ronald Reagan filmography

* List of American films of 1941

References




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