The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Western
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Film / 1940
Die Bande der Fünf
Directed by
George Marshall
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
The story
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
Cast
Randolph ScottTod Jackson
Kay FrancisJulie King
Brian DonlevyGrat Dalton
George BancroftCaleb Winters
Broderick CrawfordBob Dalton
Stuart ErwinBen Dalton
Andy DevineOzark
Frank AlbertsonEmmett Dalton
Mary GordonMa Dalton
Harvey StephensRigby
Edgar DearingSheriff
Quen RamseyWilson
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Dorothy GrangerNancy
Fay McKenzieHannah
Walter SoderlingJudge Lucius Thorndown [Judge Swain in credits]
Mary AinsleeMinnie
Erville AldersonDistrict Attorney Wade
Sally PayneAnnabella
June WilkinsSuzy
Edgar BuchananNarrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
Robert McKenziePhotographer
Frank AustinTownsman
Jack BaxleyTownsman
John BeckTownsman
Stanley BlystoneDeputy on Train
Ed BradyDeputy on Train
Al Bridge
Mary CassidyGirl
Jack Rube CliffordDeputy on Train
Harry CordingRigby Henchman
Kernan CrippsFreight Agent
Charles DoretyOklahoma Townsman
Robert DudleyPete Norris - Juror
Billy Engle
Tom FaddenTownsman
James FlavinAnnabella's Brother
William GouldDeputy on Train
George GuhlDeputy in Baggage Car
Lloyd IngrahamSecond Train Engineer
Joe KingOklahoma Sheriff
Bob KortmanRigby Henchman
Ethan LaidlawRigby Henchman
Tom LondonLyncher
Walter LongDeputy on Train
Ian MaclarenCrony #2
Lafe McKeeDoctor
Charles McMurphyDeputy Sheriff
Dorothy MooreGirl
James C. MortonEd Pickett - Juror
Charles MurphyTim
Eddie ParkerMason - Rigby Henchman
James PierceDeputy Sheriff
Russ PowellFirst Train Engineer
Bob ReevesHenchman
Henry RoquemoreJim Osborne - Juror
Don RowanAnnabella's Brother
Forrest TaylorThe Bailiff
Cyril ThorntonFirst Cronie
Pat WestPete - Restaurant Counterman
Duke York
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