Bad Bascomb (1946)

Director:

S. Sylvan Simon

Writers:

D.A. Loxley (story)
William R. Lipman (writer) ...

Release Date:

7 November 1946 (Sweden)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Thrill for Thrill ! Laugh for Laugh !

Plot:

It's just after the civil war when the elderly outlaw Bascomb and his gang try to rob a bank. They run into a trap as officers are waiting in ambush...

Plot Keywords:

Wagon Train | Mormon | Dog | Orphan | Bank Robber

Cast

Wallace Beery	...	Zed Bascomb
Margaret O'Brien	...	Emmy
Marjorie Main	...	Abbey Hanks
J. Carrol Naish	...	Bart Yancy
Frances Rafferty	...	Dora McCabe
Marshall Thompson	...	Jimmy Holden
Russell Simpson	...	Elijah Walker
Warner Anderson	...	Luther Mason
Donald Curtis	...	John Fulton
Connie Gilchrist	...	Annie Freemont
Sara Haden	...	Tillie Lovejoy
Renie Riano	...	Lucy Lovejoy
Jane Green	...	Hannah McCabe
Henry O'Neill	...	Gov. Winton (Wyoming)
Frank Darien	...	Elder Moab McCabe

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #11263)

Filming Locations:

Grand Teton National Park, Moose, Wyoming, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

According to page 70 of "Notes For A Memoir", Janet Jeppson, second wife of Isaac Asimov, describes how she was acting as an extra in this movie on August 14, 1945, when Wallace Beery came out of his trailer to tell everyone on-site that World War II had been declared over.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Private Screenings: Child Stars" (2006)

With Beery, O'Brien and Maine, who needs a plot?

Sure, this is just another horse opera, but who cares?

Wallace Beery is more entertaining just being Wallace Beery than most actors are with sparkling dialogue and auteur direction.

Magararet O'Brien: Shirley Temple she ain't! When people talk about child stars, they usually mention Jackie Coogan and Jackie Cooper; Mickey Rooney and Dickie Moore; Baby Peggy and Hailie Mills. Give me Margaret O'Brien any day.

Marjorie Main could lick her weight in Marie Dresslers, any day.

Pure entertainment!