Bullet for a Badman is a 1964 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Audie Murphy and Darren McGavin.[2] The film is based on the 1958 novel Renegade Posse by Marvin H. Albert. The film was shot between October and November 1963[3] in Zion National Park and Snow Canyon State Park in Utah.[4]

Bullet for a Badman
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Directed byR. G. Springsteen
Screenplay byMary Willingham
Willard Willingham
Based onRenegade Posse
1958 novel
by Marvin H. Albert
Produced byGordon Kay
StarringAudie Murphy
Darren McGavin
CinematographyJoseph Biroc
Edited byRussell F. Schoengarth
Music byFrank Skinner
Color processEastmancolor
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1964 (1964-09-01)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]

Plot

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Sam Ward and Logan Keliher were once brothers in arms in the Texas Rangers. When both left the force, Ward turned outlaw and is angry at Keliher for marrying his former wife and adopting his child while Ward was imprisoned for his crimes. Ward escapes from prison and forms a gang to rob a bank in Keliher's town, and Ward plans to kill Keliher after the robbery. Keliher foils the robbery and Ward is the only survivor from his gang. Ward escapes with the loot but is wounded by Keliher, who joins a posse and uses his knowledge of Ward's ways to locate him.

When Ward is captured and the bank money is recovered, several members of the posse debate whether they should kill Ward and his girlfriend Lottie and keep the bank money for themselves. Their plans are interrupted by an Apache war party.

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Production

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Parts of the film were shot at the Virgin River in Zion National Park and Snow Canyon in Utah.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 292
  2. ^ Bullet for a Badman at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
  3. ^ p. 187 Larkins, Bob & Magers, Boyd The Films of Audie Murphy McFarland, 19 Aug. 2009
  4. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057905/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt [user-generated source]
  5. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
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