The Bad Man (1941 film)

The Bad Man
The Bad Man
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Screenplay by	Wells Root
Based on	the play The Bad Man; by Porter Emerson Browne
Produced by	J. Walter Ruben
Starring	Wallace Beery; Lionel Barrymore; Laraine Day; Ronald Reagan
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Edited by	Conrad A. Nervig
Music by	Franz Waxman
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 28, 1941;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1]^[2]^[3] The supporting cast features 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.