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Bad Bascomb

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Outlaw Zeb Bascomb (Wallace Beery) flees from federal agents with his partner, Bart Yancy (J. Carrol Naish). After Bart kills a Mormon missionary, the men join the Mormon caravan, pretending to be converts. Dismayed at being put to hard work, they nevertheless maintain their cover, and Zeb befriends 9-year-old Emmy (Margaret O'Brien). When Zeb and Yancy discover the caravan is carrying a substantial amount of gold, Zeb's unexpected fatherly sentiment for Emmy hinders their robbery plans.

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Audience Member I'm really sorry that I cannot find a copy of this movie to watch. I've not seen it in many years. It was a favorite of mine and my friends when we were youngsters and watched it whenever it was shown on television. I'd love to see how it holds up to my recollections. We loved Wallace Beery. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Bad Bascomb is a Classic & should be shown more often--Long John Silver Goes West... A D-A-R-L-I-N-G of a western!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Margaret O'Brien is one of the most adorable and articulate child actors ever, and her chemistry with anyone on screen is always magical. Here with Wallace Beery -- his love interest, so to speak -- that chemistry is unmistakable. <p> Despite the copious amounts of bloodshed in this one, it is still a comedy. O'Brien heals Beery with her child's amorous ways, reforming him and transforming him from a hard-boiled outlaw to an altruistic, self-sacrificing human being. <p> Oddly enough, the ending is not a typically comic one. We are left with the impression that Beery's optimism about his return may actually be just that, and he might actually never return. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Outlaw Zeb Bascomb (Wallace Beery) flees from federal agents with his partner, Bart Yancy (J. Carrol Naish). After Bart kills a Mormon missionary, the men join the Mormon caravan, pretending to be converts. Dismayed at being put to hard work, they nevertheless maintain their cover, and Zeb befriends 9-year-old Emmy (Margaret O'Brien). When Zeb and Yancy discover the caravan is carrying a substantial amount of gold, Zeb's unexpected fatherly sentiment for Emmy hinders their robbery plans.
Director
S. Sylvan Simon
Producer
Orville O. Dull
Screenwriter
William R. Lipman, Grant Garett
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 51m