Bad Bascomb (film)
Bad Bascomb | |
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Theatrical poster | |
Directed by | S. Sylvan Simon |
Produced by | Orville O. Dull |
Written by |
D. A. Loxley (story) William R. Lipman Grant Garett |
Starring |
Wallace Beery Margaret O'Brien Marjorie Main |
Music by | David Snell |
Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum |
Edited by | Ben Lewis |
Production company |
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110-112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,833,000[1] |
Box office | $3,645,000[1] |
Bad Bascomb is a 1946 western film starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien.[2][3] The movie was directed by S. Sylvan Simon. The supporting cast features Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish, Frances Rafferty, Marshall Thompson and Henry O'Neill.
Plot
"Bad" Bascomb (Beery) is a notorious outlaw wanted by federal marshals after outwitting every group sent to capture him. He and fellow bandit Bart Ramsay (Naish), a cold-blooded killer, have again eluded the marshalls by joining a Mormon wagon train heading to Utah. They pretend to be helpful, and Bascomb becomes fond of an admiring little girl played by O'Brien. Beery eventually distances himself from the other thief and saves the wagon train from an attack by Indians, before being taken captive by the law at the end of the movie.
Cast
- Wallace Beery as Zed Bascomb
- Margaret O'Brien as Emmy
- Marjorie Main as Abbie Hanks
- J. Carrol Naish as Bart Ramsey
- Frances Rafferty as Dora McCabe
- Marshall Thompson as Jimmy Holden
- Henry O'Neill as Governor Winton
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $2,384,000 in the US and Canada and $1,261,000 elsewhere, leading to an overall profit of $648,000.[1][4]
Notes
Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main appeared in the following seven films together:
- Wyoming (1940)
- Barnacle Bill (1941)
- Jackass Mail (1942)
- The Bugle Sounds (1942)
- Rationing (1944)
- Bad Bascomb (1946)
- Big Jack (1949)
References
- 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ Variety film review; February 6, 1946.
- ↑ Harrison's Reports film review; February 9, 1946, page 22.
- ↑ See also "60 Top Grossers of 1946", Variety 8 January 1947 p8
External links
- Bad Bascomb at the TCM Movie Database
- Bad Bascomb at the Internet Movie Database
- Bad Bascomb at AllMovie
- Review of film at Variety