Alias the Bad Man – A ranger joins the outlaw gang whose boss he believes is a murderer.
Alias the Bad Man (1931)
Director: Phil Rosen
Writers: Earle Snell, Ford Beebe
Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Virginia Brown Faire
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1931 (United States)
Also Known As: Alias Bad Man
Filming Locations: Andy Jauregui Ranch – Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
Story:
Texas Ranger Ken Neville receives a letter from his father, rancher Clem Neville stating that a neighboring rancher, Silas Warner is stealing his cattle and also accusing Neville of being a rustler. Ken leaves to help his father, while a fellow Ranger, a stutterer named Ned "Repeater" Simpson follows him. Meanwhile, the elder Neville now suspects that local saloon owner Rance Collins is really the man behind the rustlings and, after telling Warner’s daughter Mary that he is going out to see her father, takes a telegram confirming his suspicions about Collins and his past to Warner. Collins learns from Mary, who doesn’t know the details, about Neville’s planned visit, and he and henchman Rawhide follow him. Collins, listening through an open window, learns that the two ranchers know he is behind their feud and troubles, shoots them both and arranges the bodies to look as if they had killed each other in a quarrel. Ken, concealing his identity from Mary, learns from her that she had told Collins that Neville was riding out to the Warner ranch.As he is leaving the Warner ranch, he meets foreman "Black Mike" Richards, and then sees him in town that night in the saloon talking to Collins. Later, Ken approaches Collins and tells him he knows of his past rustling reputation in Toponah and that he himself is the notorious "Red River" Ganz and they ought to go into partnership. "Repeater", following a plan he and Ken devised comes into the saloon, identifies himself as a Texas Ranger and is shot by Ken in a faked shootout.The impressed Collins takes Ken on and sends him to the Warner ranch to work with henchman "Black Mike." But Mary learns accidentally that Ken is Neville’s son and she, ever-trusting, tells Collins. This does not enhance Ken’s chances of getting the goods on Collins.
Review:
exciting, fun Tiffany western with Ken Maynard in his prime
The 1930-33 westerns Ken Maynard made for Tiffany (in between stints with Universal) are a consistent lot, full of action and wit. Some incorporate off-the-wall comedy or horror elements (like Hoot Gibson, Maynard had a wild sense of humor!), but ALIAS THE BADMAN is a gritty, straightforward western with Ken as a ranger posing as an outlaw who is posing as a ranger! Ken has a politically incorrect stuttering sidekick named "Repeater" (Irving Bacon), and silent star Frank Mayo is impressive as the crooked town boss who turns the local ranchers against each other. Director Phil Rosen is better-known for his later mysteries and crime films, but he directed many westerns in the early sound period, and he handles the unique Maynard mix of comedy and action and mystery quite well. Maynard looks great here too, unlike in some of his later Columbia and Monogram films. An excellent entry in the Maynard series for Tiffany. Written by django-1 on imdb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Alias the Bad Man
Brazil Ódio e Vingança
Italy I banditi del fiume rosso
Portugal O Terror dos Bandidos
Sweden Den okände hämnaren
United Kingdom Alias the Bad Man
United States Alias the Bad Man
United States Alias Bad Man(review title)
United States Alias- The Bad Man(alternative spelling)
West Germany Von Banditen überfallen
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