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{{short description|1925 film}}
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{about|the 1925 film|other uses|Badlands (disambiguation)}}
{{about|the 1925 film|other uses|Badlands (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = The Bad Lands
| name = The Bad Lands
| image = The Bad Lands.jpg
| image = Poster for The Bad Lands (1925).jpg
| caption = Film poster
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Dell Henderson]]
| director = [[Dell Henderson]]
| producer = [[Hunt Stromberg]]
| producer = [[Hunt Stromberg]]
| writer = [[Kate Corbaley]]<br>[[Harvey Gates]]
| writer = [[Kate Corbaley]]<br />[[Harvey Gates]]
| starring = [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]]
| starring = [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]]
| cinematography = Georges Benoît<br>[[Sol Polito]]
| cinematography = Georges Benoît<br />[[Sol Polito]]
| editing =
| distributor = [[Producers Distributing Corporation]]
| distributor = [[Producers Distributing Corporation]]
| released = {{Film date|1925|7|15}}
| released = {{Film date|1925|7|15}}
| runtime =
| runtime = 1 hour
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = Silent with English intertitles
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
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'''''The Bad Lands''''' is a 1925 American [[silent film|silent]] [[Western film]] directed by [[Dell Henderson]] and featuring [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]].<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BadLands1925.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Bad Lands'' |accessdate=October 20, 2009|work=silentera.com}}</ref>


==Plot==
'''''The Bad Lands''''' is a 1925 [[Western (genre)|Western]] film featuring [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]].<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BadLands1925.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Bad Lands |accessdate=October 20, 2009|work=Silent Era}}</ref>
As described in a film magazine reviews,<ref>{{Citation |title=New Pictures: ''The Bad Lands'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=22 |issue=10 |pages=85 |date=29 August 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/n1168/mode/1up |access-date=14 August 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Patrick Angus O’Toole reaches the fort where he has been assigned to clear up a lot of smuggling. Mary, the daughter of Colonel Owen, is wooed by Captain Blake, although she admires O’Toole. Her younger brother, Hal Owen, becomes indebted by gambling to Blake. Blake is jealous of O’Toole and therefore takes revenge on Hal by demanding payment of the debts within 24 hours. Hal attempts a stage coach robbery to get the money. O’Toole arrives in time to see the stage driver shot by a stray bullet. The money bags are later found in O’Toole’s room and he is put in prison. In an Indian attack, Hal is shot and, on his death bed, confesses to the robbery. O’Toole is cleared of the criminal charges and openly courts the young woman. Mary reciprocates his love.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]] as Patrick Angus O'Toole
* [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]] as Patrick Angus O'Toole
* [[Wilfred Lucas]] as Col. Owen
* [[Wilfred Lucas]] as Col. Owen
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* [[Gaston Glass]] as Hal Owen
* [[Gaston Glass]] as Hal Owen
* [[Joe Rickson]] as Charlie Squirrel
* [[Joe Rickson]] as Charlie Squirrel
* Trilby Clark as Mary Owen
* [[Trilby Clark]] as Mary Owen
* Buck Black as Freckles
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085200/ Buck Black] as Freckles
}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0015594}}
* {{amg movie|84292}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=490051}}
* {{AFI film|2693}}

{{Dell Henderson}}


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Revision as of 23:46, 19 June 2023

The Bad Lands
Film poster
Directed byDell Henderson
Written byKate Corbaley
Harvey Gates
Produced byHunt Stromberg
StarringHarry Carey
CinematographyGeorges Benoît
Sol Polito
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • July 15, 1925 (1925-07-15)
Running time
1 hour
LandVereinigte Staaten
SpracheSilent (English intertitles)

The Bad Lands is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Dell Henderson and featuring Harry Carey.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews,[2] Patrick Angus O’Toole reaches the fort where he has been assigned to clear up a lot of smuggling. Mary, the daughter of Colonel Owen, is wooed by Captain Blake, although she admires O’Toole. Her younger brother, Hal Owen, becomes indebted by gambling to Blake. Blake is jealous of O’Toole and therefore takes revenge on Hal by demanding payment of the debts within 24 hours. Hal attempts a stage coach robbery to get the money. O’Toole arrives in time to see the stage driver shot by a stray bullet. The money bags are later found in O’Toole’s room and he is put in prison. In an Indian attack, Hal is shot and, on his death bed, confesses to the robbery. O’Toole is cleared of the criminal charges and openly courts the young woman. Mary reciprocates his love.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Bad Lands". silentera.com. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  2. ^ "New Pictures: The Bad Lands", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (10), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 85, August 29, 1925, retrieved August 14, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.