Product: Bad Lands [VHS]
Rating: 4.0
Ten little, nine little, eight little posse men......
In the above-average Lew Landers western BAD LANDS, a sheriff and posse of ten are trapped in the Arizona desert by Indians.The cast includes Wallace Beery's nephew (Noah), Englishman Robert Coote (Col. Pickering in Broadway's "My Fair Lady"), John Ford's older brother (Francis), Scottish-born silent era clown Andy Clyde, and a direct descendant of the man who wrote the ballad "Home Sweet Home," John Payne.SYNOPSIS--After Apache Jack (Payne) murders a woman and flees into the desert, Sheriff Bill Cunningham (Barrat) organizes a posse that includes the victim's husband, Manuel Lopez (McDonald). A scout is sent ahead into the wastelands but he too is killed by Jack. When the search party stops at an oasis they see skeletons scattered all around.While camping overnight, three men secretly leave the group to search for a possible silver deposit. They're discovered at a nearby wash just as one of the three is hit by a sniper's bullet. Jack and other Apache braves have the posse pinned down and badly exposed. The men are killed one-by-one and with each death, the chance of escape becomes more remote.As of 2/09, "Bad Lands" was not available on DVD.Also recommended:One of the most prolific directors in cinematic history, Lew Landers is best remembered forTHE RAVEN(1935), with Lugosi and Karloff. VHS)Parenthetical number is a 1 to 10 IMDb viewer poll rating.(6.4) Bad Lands (1939) - Robert Barrat/Douglas Walton/Robert Coote/Noah Beery Jr./Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams/Andy Clyde/Addison Richards/Paul Hurst/Francis Ford/Francis McDonald/John Payne