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3 Bad Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Ford
Written byHerman Whitaker (novel Over the Border)
John Stone
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Ralph Spence
Produced byJohn Ford
StarringGeorge O'Brien
Olive Borden
CinematographyGeorge Schneiderman
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • August 28, 1926 (1926-08-28)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

3 Bad Men is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John Ford.[1][2][3] Bob Mastrangelo has called it "One of John Ford's greatest silent epics." The film possibly inspired the title for Akira Kurosawa's 1958 film Three Bad Men in a Hidden Fortress, simply known as The Hidden Fortress in the rest of the world.[4]

Plot

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A discovery of gold in the Dakotas on Sioux lands in 1877 provokes a gold land rush. Numerous people come to Custer for their chance to claim land and possibly gold when the proclamation to explore the lands goes into effect, such as singing cowboy Dan O'Malley, the Carletons, and a group of three outlaws headed by "Bull" Stanley. On their way to steal a bunch of horses, the outlaws save Lee Carleton from a different set of outlaws, who kill her father. Instead of taking the horses for themselves, the three outlaws decide to head to Custer as her protectors. The town is plagued with vice and injustice, headed by the corrupt Sheriff Layne Hunter, who learns where gold is located and wants to find it before the settlers. Unbeknownst to the outlaws, he has also seduced and abandoned Bull's sister, Millie. Meanwhile, the three "bad men", tired of their life of crime, decide to arrange a marriage for Lee, who soon meets up with Dan. The three outlaws must deal with that unexpected romantic attraction, along with the looming sheriff's gang and the race of the settlers' wagons for gold. Dan and Lee find love with each other while the three outlaws kill the sheriff, before dying in their doomed last stand. Dan and Lee are married, and have a son, named Stanley Costigan Allen O'Malley, in memory of the 3 Bad Men.

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Cast

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Production

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The film was shot over a fifteen-month period in 1925 and 1926. During the filming, three of the actresses involved, Olive Borden, Priscilla Bonner, and Grace Gordon, became ill with a form of paratyphoid fever, and had to be taken to the hospital.

The shooting locations for the film included:

Preservation

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Complete prints of 3 Bad Men are held by the Library of Congress, the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, the Cinemateket-Svenska Filminstitutet, the Museum of Modern Art, the BFI, the George Eastman Museum and the Deutsches Filminstitut.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: 3 Bad Men". Silent Era. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "3 Bad Men". afi.com. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Abrreviated View of Movie Page". July 29, 2017. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Russell, Catherine. "The Hidden Fortress: Three Good Men and a Princess". The Criterion Collection.
  5. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Three Bad Men". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 24, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
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