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.

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  William D. Russell

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  Robert Ryan
  Jeff Clanton
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  Claire Trevor
  Lily
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  Jack Buetel
  Bob Younger
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  Robert Preston
  Matthew Fowler
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  Walter Brennan
  'Doc' Butcher
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  Bruce Cabot
  Cole Younger
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  John Archer
  Curley Ringo
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  Lawrence Tierney
  Jesse James
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  Barton MacLane
  Joad
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  Tom Tyler
  Frank James
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  Robert J. Wilke
  Jim Younger
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  John Cliff
  John Younger
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  Lee MacGregor
  Lieutenant Blaine
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  Emmett Lynn
  Oscar
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  Carleton Young
  Wilson
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  Byron Foulger
  Judge (uncredited)
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  Charles Morton
  Gang Member (uncredited)
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  William Tannen
  Bill - Adjutant (uncredited)
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  Jack Perrin
  Deputy (uncredited)
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  Edwin Max
  Deputy Hawkins (uncredited)