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, the working title of the film[3] by Marvin H. Albert. The film was shot between October and November 1963[4] in Zion National Park and Snow Canyon State Park in Utah.[5]
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Directed by | R. G. Springsteen |
Screenplay by | Mary Willingham Willard Willingham |
Based on | Renegade Posse 1958 novel by Marvin H. Albert |
Produced by | Gordon Kay |
Starring | Audie Murphy Darren McGavin |
Cinematography | Joseph Biroc |
Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
Music by | Frank Skinner |
Color process | Eastmancolor |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $500,000[1] |
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 whilst Ward was imprisoned for his crimes. Ward escapes from prison and forms a gang to rob a bank in Keliher's town with Ward planning to kill Keliher after the robbery. Keliher foils the robbery with Ward the only survivor of his gang. Ward escapes with the loot though he is wounded by Keliher. Keliher links up with a posse and uses his knowledge of Ward's ways to track him down.
Once Ward is captured and the bank money 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.
Parts of the film were shot at the Virgin River in Zion National Park and Snow Canyon in Utah.[6]
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