Return of the Bad Men

Return of the Bad Men
Return of the Bad Men
Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	Jack Natteford; Luci Ward; Charles O'Neal
Produced by	Nat Holt ; Jack J. Gross
Starring	Randolph Scott; Robert Ryan; Anne Jeffreys; George 'Gabby' Hayes
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Edited by	Samuel E. Beetley
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Production; company	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	July 17, 1948;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.7 million (US rentals)

Return of the Bad Men, also known as Return of the Badmen, is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan and Anne Jeffreys.^[2] A loose sequel to the 1946 film Badman's Territory, it was followed by Best of the Badmen (1951). Written by the husband-and-wife team of Jack Natteford and Luci Ward, the film was shot at the RKO Encino Ranch. It was the final collaboration between Enright and Scott and Jeffreys' final picture for RKO.

Plot

In 1880s Indian Territory (future Oklahoma), a rancher reluctantly agrees to take up the post of federal marshal and tackle a violent gang of outlaws ravaging the territory.