Best of the Badmen

Plot

After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim allegiance to the Union, thereby clearing their wanted status. But standing in Clanton's way are the corrupt lawmen Joad and Fowler, who would rather keep the men outlaws to collect the reward on their heads. After Joad and Fowler frame Clanton for murder, he manages to escape, becoming an outlaw himself.

Cast

Robert Ryan

Jeff Clanton

Claire Trevor

Lily

Jack Buetel

Bob Younger

Robert Preston

Matthew Fowler

Walter Brennan

'Doc' Butcher

Bruce Cabot

Cole Younger

John Archer

Curley Ringo

Lawrence Tierney

Jesse James

Barton MacLane

Joad

Tom Tyler

Frank James

Robert J. Wilke

Jim Younger

John Cliff

John Younger

Lee MacGregor

Lieutenant Blaine

Emmett Lynn

Oscar

Carleton Young

Wilson