''Bad Bascomb'' is a 1946 American

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. The movie was directed by S. Sylvan Simon. The supporting cast features Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish,

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Plot

"Bad" Bascomb is a notorious outlaw wanted by federal marshals after outwitting every group sent to capture him. He and fellow bandit Bart Yancey, a cold-blooded killer, have again eluded the marshals by joining a

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wagon train heading to

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. They pretend to be helpful, and Bascomb becomes fond of an admiring little girl who attaches herself to him played by O'Brien. Beery eventually distances himself from Yancey by thwarting an attempted robbery and then saves the wagon train from an attack by Indians by riding to get help, before being taken captive by the marshal at the end of the movie.

Cast

as Zed Bascomb *

as Emmy * Marjorie Main as Abbey Hanks * J. Carrol Naish as Bart Yancey *

as Dora McCabe * Russell Simpson as Elijah Walker *

as Jimmy Holden *

as Governor Winton * Sara Haden as Tillie Lovejoy * Frank Darien as Elder Moab McCabe * Stanley Andrews as Col. Cartright (uncredited) * Joseph Crehan as Gov. Ames (uncredited)

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $2,384,000 in the US and Canada and $1,261,000 elsewhere, leading to an overall profit of $648,000.See als
"60 Top Grossers of 1946", ''Variety'' 8 January 1947 p8
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