Into the Badlands (TV 1991)

A bounty hunter searches the west for a wanted outlaw named Red Roundtree.

Director:

Sam Pillsbury

Writers:

Heck Allen (short story "The Streets of Laredo"), Marcia Muller (short story "The Time of the Wolves"),

Stars:

Bruce Dern, Mariel Hemingway, Helen Hunt

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Dern	...	T.L. Barston
Mariel Hemingway	...	Alma Heusser
Helen Hunt	...	Blossom
Dylan McDermott	...	McComas
Lisa Pelikan	...	Sarah Carstairs
Andrew Robinson	...	Sheriff Aaron Starett
Adan Sanchez	...	Hector
Jerry Gardner	...	Businessman
Glen Burns	...	Businessman
Steve Tyler	...	John Heusser
Oryan Walsky	...	Margaret Heusser
Loren Haynes	...	William Carstairs
Michael J. Metzger	...	Red Roundtree
Reynaldo Cantu	...	Pockmark
Luce Rains	...	Tom (as Steven Schwartz-Hartley)

Storyline

A bounty hunter searches the west for a wanted outlaw named Red Roundtree.

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Plot Keywords:

bounty hunter | outlaw | anthology | female gunfighter | street shootout

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Taglines:

Somewhere Between Civilization and the Ninth Circle of Hell

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Genres:

Horror | Western

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 July 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

A fejvadász

Filming Locations:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MCA Television Entertainment (MTE), Ogiens / Kane Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
T.L. Barston, Bounty Man: Back in the days of the old West, there were these stretches of territory that I think God and nature just plain forgot about... dark and parched and empty as the moons of Mars. Places where sensible men never vertured... where only dreams and phantoms walked. Kind of a way station between civilization and the Ninth Circle of Hell - The Badlands.

User Reviews

It's darker than you think...

For lovers of westerns, this isn't the movie to rent. For those who enjoy a cross of horror mythos, tall tales, and undead vengeance, give it your consideration. Bruce Dern plays the mysterious Bounty Man, a nearly ancient gunslinger who keeps a tattered parasol extended over his buggy, in search of his next (financially lucrative) victim. With a similar format to the more tepid Grim Prairie Tales (Brad Dourif & James Earl Jones telling campfire stories in the Wild West), Into The Badlands gives us three tales, all of which border on the supernatural, held together by the greedy Bounty Hunter played by Dern. Helen Hunt (pre Mad About You, post Girls Just Want To Have Fun), Mariel Hemingway and Dylan McDermott round out the name cast. A twisted ending/beginning adds enormously to the dark feel. An absolute must for players of Pinnacle's Deadlands: The Weird West role-playing game.