The Badlanders
“A treasure to steal...a woman to win...a past to forget...”
1958 · 1 h 25 min
Delmer DavesCast
Alan Ladd 
Ernest Borgnine 
Katy Jurado 
Claire Kelly 
Kent Smith 
Nehemiah Persoff
Credits
Written by: Richard Collins
Plot
Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison and plot a gold-mine robbery.
Sinekatalog’s take
Delmer Daves's western, with Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine, is a Western remake of The Asphalt Jungle, solid and gritty.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (1,863 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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