The Badlanders

THE BADLANDERS is an adult western remake of THE ASPHALT JUNGLE. Ladd replaces Sam Jaffe as the brains behind the plot and Borgnine plays the Sterling Hayden hood role. The plot is basically the same, with Ladd finishing out a sentence at Yuma prison. He feels he's been cheated out of his stake in a mine by Smith, the mine's owner, who had him sent up on false charges. Ladd enlists Borgnine, another of Smith's victims. Smith hates his wife and is fooling around with Kelly. They plan to take off for the continent. Meanwhile, she falls for Ladd, who arrives at the hotel where Smith keeps her. Borgnine tumbles for Jurado, a hooker with a heart of guess what? She falls...