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Best of the Badmen
(1951) • ![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img/https://rko.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/imdblogo.png)
Western
After the Civil War, Union Major Clanton captures survivors of Quantrill's Raiders, and gets them clemency at the cost of shooting a mob member. Convicted of murder by a kangaroo court, Clanton escapes and joins the former raiders in a gang devoted to robbing everything protected by the corrupt detective agency of his enemy Fowler; culminating in a personal showdown.
Director
William D. Russell
Producer
Samuel Bischoff & Herman Schlom
Writer
R.Andrews, J. Twist, (others uncredited)
Starring
Robert Ryan, Robert Preston, Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney