3 Bad Men

3 Bad Men is a 1926 American Western film directed by John Ford. Bob Mastrangelo has called it "One of John Ford's greatest silent epics." The film had inspired the title for Akira Kurosawa's 1958 film Three Bad Men in a Hidden Fortress, simply known as The Hidden Fortress in the rest of the world.

Cast

George O'Brien as Dan O'Malley

Olive Borden as Lee Carlton

Lou Tellegen as Sheriff Layne Hunter

Tom Santschi as "Bull" Stanley

J. Farrell MacDonald as Mike Costigan

Frank Campeau as "Spade" Allen

Priscilla Bonner as Millie Stanley

Otis Harlan as Editor Zach Little

Phyllis Haver as Lily (prairie beauty)

Georgie Harris as Joe Minsk

Alec B. Francis as Rev. Calvin Benson (as Alec Francis)

Jay Hunt as Nat Lucas (old prospector)

Grace Gordon as Millie's pal (uncredited)

George Irving as Gen. Neville (uncredited)

Bud Osborne as Hunter's henchman (uncredited)

Vester Pegg as Henchman shooting Lucas (uncredited)

Walter Perry as Pat Monahan (uncredited)