Bad Boy (1949 film)

Bad Boy is a 1949 film starring Audie Murphy in his first leading role. It was directed by Kurt Neumann.

Marshal Brown is superintendent of the Variety Clubs Boys Ranch and pleads to the judge that Danny is to be put in his custody on the ranch instead of the reformatory, and the judge agrees. Marshal and his coworker Chief take Danny to the ranch, where he meets some of the other boys residing there.Danny behaves badly towards Chief, but is ridiculed in front of the other boys, who make fun of him after that. Danny is put on kitchen duty under the nice Mrs. Brown. Still he is a hellraiser, and one night he steals a horse, rides into the nearest town and robs a jewelry store of its cash. He mails the money in an envelope to himself at the ranch. ........

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