3 Bad Men
About 3 Bad Men
Gold found on Sioux land in the Dakotas in 1877 sends a rush toward Custer. Three outlaws led by Bull Stanley set out to steal horses and instead save Lee Carleton after another gang kills her father. They stay on as her protectors. Sheriff Layne Hunter runs the town and has already abandoned Bull's sister Millie. The outlaws try to marry Lee off, and she and the singing cowboy Dan O'Malley fall in love. The three kill the sheriff and die in a last stand. Dan and Lee marry and name a son Stanley Costigan Allen O'Malley.
Cast & crew
More about 3 Bad Men
John Ford directed and produced. The script is credited to John Stone, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, and Ralph Spence, from Herman Whitaker's novel Over the Border. George Schneiderman photographed it. Fox released it on 28 August 1926.
Themes
Look
George Schneiderman shot the wagon rush and the gunfights.
Notes
- George O'Brien plays Dan O'Malley. Olive Borden plays Lee Carleton. Lou Tellegen plays Sheriff Layne Hunter.
- Tom Santschi plays Bull Stanley. J. Farrell MacDonald plays Mike Costigan. Frank Campeau is in the cast.
- The land rush in the story is the Dakota opening of 1877, with the town of Custer as the gathering point.
Scenes
- The three outlaws spare Lee after her hat comes off and they see who is kneeling by her father.
- Dan and Lee name their son for the three dead men.
Influenced by
- Herman Whitaker's novel Over the Border
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Three Bad Men (1926) by John Ford.webm)
