Bad Guy (1937 film)

Bad Guy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edward L. Cahn
Produced by	Tom Reed
Screenplay by	Earl Felton Harry Ruskin
Story by	J. Robert Bren Kathleen Shepard Hal Long
Starring	Bruce Cabot Virginia Grey Edward Norris Jean Chatburn Cliff Edwards
Music by	Edward Ward
Cinematography	Lester White
Edited by	Ben Lewis
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	August 27, 1937 (1937-08-27)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bad Guy is a 1937 American crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Earl Felton and Harry Ruskin. The film stars Bruce Cabot, Virginia Grey, Edward Norris, Jean Chatburn and Cliff Edwards. The film was released on August 27, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A power linesman by trade, Lucky Walden owes gambling debts, plus interest, to crooked gamblers. When they come to make him pay, Lucky hits one with a wrench, killing him. He goes to jail and is sentenced to death.

Lucky's one chance is for his brother Steve to find an eyewitness who can testify that Lucky killed the man in self-defense. When the man is found and corroborates that story, Lucky gets a stay of execution. He then earns a full parole by risking his own life in saving a fellow inmate from some dangerous high-voltage wires.

Lucky goes back to his old tricks. He violates his parole, then coaxes Steve into helping him rig the prison's electrical bars to help him escape. Steve's girlfriend Kitty is also attracted to Lucky and wants him out of prison. The cops chase Lucky, who, in a twist of fate, is electrocuted by the wires he knows so well. Steve is sentenced to jail himself, and now regrets helping his no-good brother.

Cast

Bruce Cabot as 'Lucky' Walden
Virginia Grey as Kitty
Edward Norris as Steve Carroll
Jean Chatburn as Betty
Cliff Edwards as 'Hi-Line'
Charley Grapewin as Dan Gray
Warren Hymer as 'Shorty'
John Hamilton as Warden
Clay Clement as Bronson

References

↑ "Bad Guy (1937) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
↑ "Bad Guy". TV Guide. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

External links

Bad Guy at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Edward L. Cahn

1930s/1940s	The Homicide Squad (1931) Law and Order (1932) Radio Patrol (1932) Afraid to Talk (1932) Emergency Call (1933) Laughter in Hell (1933) Death Drives Through (1935) Confidential (1935) Bad Guy (1937) The Omaha Trail (1942, uncredited) Main Street After Dark (1945) Dangerous Partners (1945) Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947) The Checkered Coat (1948) I Cheated the Law (1949)

1950s	The Great Plane Robbery (1950) Destination Murder (1950) Experiment Alcatraz (1950) Two-Dollar Bettor (1951) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) Girls in Prison (1956) The She-Creature (1956) Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956) Runaway Daughters (1956) Flesh and the Spur (1957) Voodoo Woman (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) Dragstrip Girl (1957) Motorcycle Gang (1957) Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Jet Attack (1958) Suicide Battalion (1958) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) A Dog's Best Friend (1959)

1960s	Vice Raid (1960) Cage of Evil (1960) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Oklahoma Territory (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) Twelve Hours to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) Police Dog Story (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Gun Fight (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) Gun Street (1962) The Clown and the Kid (1962) Incident in an Alley (1962) Beauty and the Beast (1962)

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