Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman is a 1958 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Fred MacMurray, Joan Weldon and John Ericson.^[1]

Day of the Badman
Film poster
Directed by	Harry Keller
Screenplay by	Lawrence Roman
Story by	John W. Cunningham
Produced by	Gordon Kay
Starring	Fred MacMurray Joan Weldon John Ericson
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Sherman Todd
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Color process	Eastmancolor
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	January 29, 1958 (1958-01-29) (New York City) February 5, 1958 (1958-02-05) (Los Angeles)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Judge Jim Scott (Fred MacMurray) wants to sentence a killer to die, but the outlaw's family members intend otherwise. All-powerful patriarch Charlie Hayes (Robert Middleton) and his intimidating kinfolk are confident they can use violence to get their doomed relative's sentence commuted into something less severe. Although Sheriff Barney Wiley (John Ericson) and most of the townsfolk wilt under the Hayes family's strong-arm tactics, Scott remains determined to see justice done at the end of a rope. Scott's position becomes more difficult when he learns that his fiancée, Myra (Joan Weldon), has fallen in love with Wiley.

Cast

• Fred MacMurray as Judge Jim Scott
• Joan Weldon as Myra Owens
• John Ericson as Sheriff Barney Wiley
• Robert Middleton as Charlie Hayes
• Marie Windsor as Cora Johnson
• Edgar Buchanan as Sam Wyckoff
• Eduard Franz as Andrew Owens
• Skip Homeier as Howard Hayes
• Peggy Converse as Mrs. Quary
• Robert Foulk as Silas Mordigan
• Ann Doran as Martha Mordigan
• Lee Van Cleef as Jake Hayes
• Eddy Waller as Mr. Slocum
• Christopher Dark as Rudy Hayes
• Don Haggerty as Deputy Floyd
• Chris Alcaide as Monte Hayes
• Tom London as Roy (uncredited)

See also

• List of American films of 1958