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.

Plot

Judge Jim Scott wants to sentence a killer to die, but the outlaw's family, including patriarch Charlie Hayes, resort to violence to save his life. Although sheriff Barney Wiley and most of the townsmen fear the Hayes family, Scott is determined to exact his cruel form of justice. Scott's life becomes even more complicated when he learns that his fiancée Myra has fallen in love with Wiley.

Cast

In a contemporary review for The [New York Times], critic Howard Thompson wrote: "Neither the scenario nor Harry Keller's direction add anything new to the square-cut grimness of the picture, produced by Gordon Kay. The most telling contributions come from the good, colorful little cast... Now for a change, how about a Western where the whole town tries to make a cowardly sheriff do his duty?"