
Best of the Badmen
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.
Top Billed Cast

Robert Ryan
Jeff Clanton

Claire Trevor
Lily

Jack Buetel
Bob Younger

Robert Preston
Matthew Fowler

Walter Brennan
'Doc' Butcher
Featured Crew
Robert Hardy Andrews
Story
Robert Hardy Andrews
Screenplay

John Twist
Screenplay
Herman Schlom
Producer
Samuel Bischoff
Executive Producer
Paul Sawtell
Original Music Composer

Edward Cronjager
Director of Photography
Desmond Marquette
Editor
Carroll Clark
Art Direction

Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Jack Mills
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration