Badman's Territory

Badman's Territory

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tim Whelan
Produced by Nat Holt
Written by Jack Natteford
Luci Ward
Upson Young
Bess Taffel
Starring Randolph Scott
Ann Richards
Music by Roy Webb
Edited by Philip Martin Jr.
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • April 11, 1946 (1946-04-11) (U.S.)[1]
Country United States
Language English

Badman's Territory is a 1946 American Western film starring Randolph Scott. It was followed by the loose sequels Return of the Bad Men (1948) and Best of the Badmen (1951).

Plot

Just north of Texas and west of the Oklahoma border is "Badman's Territory," a region not yet governed by statehood. This is where Jesse James and brother Frank head after a train robbery, along with their partner, Coyote.

Mark Rowley, a lawman, and his deputy brother Johnny are after the James gang. So is a ruthless U.S. marshal named Hampton who shoots anybody who gets in his way. He even wings Johnny Rowley just to take the newly captured Coyote away from him.

In the town of Quinto, newspaper editor Henryetta Alcott is a crusader for law and order. Mark takes an immediate liking to her. He also helps Belle Starr's horse win a big race.

Johnny's injuries mend, but the Dalton gang persuades Johnny to go bad and join them. Mark tries to dissuade him. He shoots a man named McGee who stole his horse. Hampton puts up wanted posters on both Rowleys.

Henryetta spreads the word that Oklahoma has annexed this territory into the union. Mark is appointed a "regulator" and proposes marriage to Henryetta before he rides to Coffeyville, Kansas, where the Daltons are about to pull a job with Johnny as part of the gang.

Johnny is shot and killed, and Hampton also kills Coyote. A determined Mark Rowley must deal with Hampton once and for all if he and Henryetta are to have a future together.

Cast

Reception

The film made a profit of $557,000.[2]

References

  1. "Badman's Territory: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  2. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p211

External links

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