Bad Men of Missouri
1941 film by Ray Enright
- July 26, 1941 (1941-07-26)
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Bad Men of Missouri is a 1941 American western film directed by Ray Enright and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris and Arthur Kennedy.[1][2] The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 26, 1941.
Plot
After the war, with Confederate money now useless, many Missouri farmers find themselves unable to pay their bills. William Merrick and his men begin foreclosing on them or running them off, resulting in the death of Martha Adams, sweetheart of one of the Younger gang.
The brothers Cole, Bob and Jim Younger ride back to Missouri just as their father is shot by Merrick's hired gun, Greg Bilson. A sheriff is killed as well and the Youngers are falsely accused of murdering him, so they retaliate by joining Jesse James's gang and pulling off robberies, giving the money to the needy farmers to pay their taxes.
Merrick decides to flush out Jim Younger by arresting the woman he loves, Mary Hathaway, as an accomplice to the Younger brothers' crimes. He offers to exchange Mary for Jim behind bars, secretly plotting to kill Jim once he's in his custody. The Youngers turn the tables, leading Merrick and Bilson to their own accidental deaths. They leave town and head for Minnesota to pull off another theft, but Mary and the Missourians try to figure a way to bring them safely back home.
Cast
- Dennis Morgan as Cole Younger
- Jane Wyman as Mary Hathaway
- Wayne Morris as Bob Younger
- Arthur Kennedy as Jim Younger
- Victor Jory as William Merrick
- Alan Baxter as Jesse James
- Walter Catlett as Mr. Pettibone
- Howard Da Silva as Greg Bilson
- Faye Emerson as Martha Adams
- Russell Simpson as Henry Washington Younger
- Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Hathaway
- Erville Alderson as Mr. Adams
- Hugh Sothern as Fred Robinson
- Sam McDaniel as Wash
- Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. Dalton
- William Gould as Sheriff Brennan
- Robert Winkler as Willie Younger
- Ann E. Todd as Amy Younger
- Roscoe Ates as Lafe
- Jack Mower as Henchman (uncredited)
References
External links
- Bad Men of Missouri at IMDb
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Films directed by Ray Enright
- Tracked by the Police (1927)
- Jaws of Steel (1927)
- The Girl from Chicago (1927)
- Land of the Silver Fox (1928)
- The Little Wildcat (1928)
- Domestic Troubles (1928)
- Stolen Kisses (1929)
- Skin Deep (1929)
- Song of the West (1930)
- Golden Dawn (1930)
- Dancing Sweeties (1930)
- Scarlet Pages (1930)
- Play Girl (1932)
- The Tenderfoot (1932)
- Blondie Johnson (1933)
- Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
- The Silk Express (1933)
- Havana Widows (1933)
- I've Got Your Number (1934)
- Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
- The Circus Clown (1934)
- Dames (1934)
- The St. Louis Kid (1934)
- While the Patient Slept (1935)
- Traveling Saleslady (1935)
- Alibi Ike (1935)
- We're in the Money (1935)
- Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
- Snowed Under (1935)
- Earthworm Tractors (1936)
- China Clipper (1936)
- Sing Me a Love Song (1937)
- Ready, Willing, and Able (1937)
- Slim (1937)
- The Singing Marine (1937)
- Back in Circulation (1937)
- Swing Your Lady (1938)
- Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
- Hard to Get (1938)
- Going Places (1938)
- The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
- On Your Toes (1939)
- Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
- Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940)
- An Angel from Texas (1940)
- River's End (1940)
- The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
- Thieves Fall Out (1941)
- Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
- Law of the Tropics (1941)
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
- The Spoilers (1942)
- Men of Texas (1942)
- Sin Town (1942)
- Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
- The Iron Major (1943)
- Gung Ho! (1943)
- China Sky (1945)
- Man Alive (1945)
- One Way to Love (1946)
- Trail Street (1947)
- Albuquerque (1948)
- Coroner Creek (1948)
- Return of the Bad Men (1948)
- South of St. Louis (1949)
- Montana (1950)
- Kansas Raiders (1950)
- Flaming Feather (1952)
- The Man from Cairo (1953)
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