by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Audie Murphy continued to make 1950s-style westerns into the 1960s. In Bullet for a Badman, Logan Keliher (Murphy) is framed for murder by onetime friend Sam Ward (Darren McGavin). Keliher escapes to mete out justice and to reclaim his former wife (Ruta Lee), whom Ward has married. The escapee gradually comes to realize that the true villain of the piece is not his ex-friend but instead his ex-wife. A Bullet for a Badman was shipped out to the lower halves of Universal's drive-in double bills for the 1963-64 season.
characteristics
- Outlaw [Western]
- Presumed-dead
- Noble
- Nobility
- Murder
- Retaliation
- Retribution
- Vengeance
- Vigilante
- Vendetta
- Tracking [following]
- Revenge
- Loot
- Kill
- Bravery
