The Badlanders (1958)

Directed by

Delmer Daves

Genre

heist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men in 1898 Arizona plan to rob a gold mine that used to belong to them. They each have a crew and a plan but trust is thin.

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What happens

The Badlanders is a 1958 American western caper film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine. Based on the 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett, the story was given an 1898 setting by screenwriter Richard Collins. It is the second film adaptation of the novel following 1950's The Asphalt Jungle. Anthony Caruso was also in the original version of the film, playing the safecracker, Ciavelli. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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