''Frontier Badmen'' is a 1943 American

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film directed by

Ford Beebe Ford Ingalsbe Beebe (November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978) was a screenwriter and Film director, director. He entered the film business as a writer around 1916 and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films. He specialized ...

and starring Robert Paige,

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and

Diana Barrymore Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe (March 3, 1921 – January 25, 1960) was an American film and stage actress. Early life Born Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe in New York, New York, Diana Barrymore was the daughter of actor John Barrymore and hi ...

. It was produced and distributed by

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. Several members of the cast are offspring of silent screen stars including Noah Beery Jr., Lon Chaney Jr. and Diana Barrymore.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''Frontier Badmen''
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Plot

A Texas cattle rancher ( Robert Paige) and his sidekick ( Noah Beery Jr.) break up a buying monopoly in Kansas.

Cast

* Robert Paige as Steve Logan *

as Chris Prentice * Noah Beery Jr. as Jim Cardwell *

as Claire * Leo Carrillo as Chinito Galvez *

Andy Devine Andrew Vabre Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in American frontier, Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers ...

as Slim ; Cowhand * Lon Chaney Jr. as Chango *

Thomas Gomez Thomas Gomez (July 10, 1905 – June 18, 1971) was an American actor. Life and career Spanish on his father (Sabino Tomás Gómez)'s side (Gibraltar and Santander, Spain) and French-Irish on his mother's side (Alsace and County Cork), Gomez's ...

as Ballard * Frank Lackteen as Cherokee * William Farnum as Dad Courtwright

References

External links

Frontier Badmen @ IMDb.comlobby poster
1943 films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Ford Beebe 1943 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1940s American films 1940s English-language films English-language Western (genre) films {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub