Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman
Film poster
Directed by	Harry Keller
Screenplay by	Lawrence Roman
Story by	John W. Cunningham
Produced by	Gordon Kay
Starring	Fred MacMurray Joan Weldon John Ericson
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Sherman Todd
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Color process	Eastmancolor
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	January 29, 1958 (1958-01-29)(New York City) February 5, 1958 (1958-02-05)(Los Angeles)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Day of the Badman (shown as Day of the Bad Man on the film's title screen) is a 1958 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Fred MacMurray, Joan Weldon and John Ericson. ^[1]

Plot

Judge Jim Scott wants to sentence a killer to die, but the outlaw's family, including patriarch Charlie Hayes, resort to violence to save his life. Although sheriff Barney Wiley and most of the townsmen fear the Hayes family, Scott is determined to exact his cruel form of justice. Scott's life becomes even more complicated when he learns that his fiancée Myra has fallen in love with Wiley.

Cast

• Fred MacMurray as Judge Jim Scott
• Joan Weldon as Myra Owens
• John Ericson as Sheriff Barney Wiley
• Robert Middleton as Charlie Hayes
• Marie Windsor as Cora Johnson
• Edgar Buchanan as Sam Wyckoff
• Eduard Franz as Andrew Owens
• Skip Homeier as Howard Hayes
• Peggy Converse as Mrs. Quary
• Robert Foulk as Silas Mordigan
• Ann Doran as Martha Mordigan
• Lee Van Cleef as Jake Hayes
• Eddy Waller as Mr. Slocum
• Christopher Dark as Rudy Hayes
• Don Haggerty as Deputy Floyd
• Chris Alcaide as Monte Hayes
• Tom London as Roy (uncredited)

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times , critic Howard Thompson wrote: "Neither the scenario nor Harry Keller's direction add anything new to the square-cut grimness of the picture, produced by Gordon Kay. The most telling contributions come from the good, colorful little cast ... Now for a change, how about a Western where the whole town tries to make a cowardly sheriff (or judge) do his duty?" ^[2]

See also

• List of American films of 1958

References

1. "Day of the Badman". AFI .
2. Thompson, Howard (January 30, 1958). "The Screen: Victoria as a Princess". The New York Times . p. 19.

External links

• Day of the Badman at IMDb
• Day of the Badman at the TCM Movie Database (archived version)
• Day of the Badman at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Day of the Badman at Letterboxd
• Day of the Badman at Rotten Tomatoes