The Bad Man (1923 film)

The Bad Man is an American silent film western drama with prominently featured satirical and comedic elements, directed by Edwin Carewe, who produced it for his own motion picture company and adapted the scenario from the play by Porter Emerson Browne which opened at Broadways Comedy Theatre in August 1920 and ran for a very successful 342 performances, closing in June 1921. The film version, from Edwin Carewe Productions, was released by Associated First National Pictures on October 8, 1923, with the title role played by the star of the plays Broadway and touring productions, Holbrook Blinn, and the other leading parts filled by Jack Mulhall, Walter McGrail and Enid Bennett.

The plotline has Lopez Holbrook Blinn and his band of outlaws living from the proceeds gained as a result of theft and confiscation of property, which means goods belonging to anyone wealthy enough to possess anything of value. One of those is rancher Gilbert Jones Jack Mulhall, whose cattle losses are pushing him to the edge of bankruptcy.As Lopez is about to deprive Jones of the remainder of his cattle as well as of any valuables he may still possess, and even to kidnap his beloved former sweetheart Enid Bennett, now married to heartless loan shark Morgan Pell Walter McGrail, he recognizes Jones as the man who, years earlier, saved his life. Determined to show his gratitude, the powerful bandit robs the rapacious bank which, in cahoots with Pell, cheats and exploits the locals, and gives the money to Jones. When Pell arrives to foreclose on Jones oilrich ranch, Lopez, addressing him as Mr. LoanFish, inquires of him whether women in his country inherit their late husbands wealth, and then, since he considers the despicable corrupter to be an unworthy opponent, tells his top aide to shoot him intertitle Pedro, I do not hunt rabbitsyou keel heem, thus freeing his widow to marry Jones. Finally, he returns all of Jones stolen cattle and bids the happy couple farewell, thanking them for making him feel good. ........

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