Ronald Reagan Appears as Gilbert "Gil" Jones in "The Bad Man"

Lionel Barrymore inadvertently summed up this corner's reaction to "The Bad Man" by remarking, during one of the film's more violently talkative moments, "Hang me for a horse thief, if I've ever seen more doggone nonsense." You've seen "The Bad Man" before, at least twice under its rightful title and goodness knows how many times under an assortment of aliases. But it's a safe bet that you've never before "heard" the tale of the Mexican bandit, who rights a lot of wrongs for a pal who once saved his life, the way Metro is currently telling it at the Capitol. For this one is the most static and loquacious Western we've encountered in a long time.

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