Bad Men of Missouri (Warner Bros.) (1941)

TWO FOTO-ACTION FEATURES .. 2 5-COL. SUNDAY FEATURE (OPPOSITE PAGE) Compact, exciting—just right for newspaper's Sunday section, mail editions and picture pages. Also makes a swell tabloid throwaway or window strip. Art and type avail (BELOW) The fast action, rousing excitement of “Bad Men of Missouri” is thrillingly told in this story strip. Newspaper plugs it in advance as “Movie of the Week.” Available on one mat. able on mat. It's a topnotch campaign aid. [ FIRST DAY ] MOVIE-OF-THE-WEEK ~ The three Younger brothers, Cole (Dennis Morgan), Bob (Wayne Morris) and Jim (Arthur Kennedy) come home to Missouri as the Confederate army disbands at the close of the Civil War. They are glad to be finished with war, anxious to get back to the farm. Cole and Jim are also anxious to get back to their girls Martha (Faye Emerson) and Mary (Jane Wyman). But on their way they meet a covered wagon train of their former neighbors, driven from their farms by carpet-baggers. Cole sees Martha, but only long enough to say farewell to her before she dies. Now go on with the story. es od [ SECOND DAY ] The three Younger brothers, Cole (Dennis Morgan), Bob (Wayne Morris) and Jim (Arthur Kennedy) come home to Missouri at the end of the Civil War. There they find that Banker Merrick (Victor Jory), a carpet-bagger, has bought up the tax warrants for most of the farms in the neighborhood, and as the farmers have nothing but Confederate money to pay them with, they are being driven from their homes. Hank Younger, their father, is killed when he tries to hold out against Merrick and the Younger farm is burned. Wanted for the murder of one of Merrick’s men, the three boys become fugitives, turn to a life of banditry. Now go on with the story. a [ THIRD DAY ] Cole (Dennis Morgan), Bob (Wayne Morris) and Jim (Arthur Kennedy) come home to Missouri at the close of the Civil War to learn that a carpet-bagging banker has turned most of their neighbors out of their homes by buying up the tax warrants on their farms. Their own father is killed in defending his home and they are accused of murdering one of the sheriff's men. The three brothers turn outlaws, robbing and plundering the carpetbaggers and turning the money over to the farmers so that they can pay their taxes. With the James brothers, they become hunted criminals, but to the farmers of Missouri they are true Robin Hoods. Now go on with the story. sencnrcncele 6 “BAD MEN OF MISSOURI” A Warner Bros. Picture Starring Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, Qo Arthur Kennedy and Jane Wyman... Opening Friday at the Strand. At their farm they find their father, still holding out against Banker Merrick (Victor Jory), who has gained control of all the farms in the neighborhood by buying up the tax warrants. Just after their arrival, Merrick’s hirelings, headed by the sheriff, come to take over the farm. The Younger’s put up a stiff fight, but the father is shot, and Merrick’s men finish the job by rolling a flaming hayrick into the house. Learning that they are wanted for the murder of one of the sheriff's men, the three boys flee, begin a life of banditry. [ Pick Up Heading From First Day ] Not criminals at heart, the three brothers stage daring hold-ups, but give all the money to the farmers of the neighborhood so that they can hold on to their farms and foil Merrick’s plan to get control of all the land. Then Jim gives himself up to Merrick in order to save Mary (Jane Wyman), who has been arrested for “aiding a criminal.” By a clever ruse, however, his brothers get him out of jail. They join up with Jesse James (Alan Baxter) and their combined forces terrorize the countryside as they plunder and rob with complete lawlessness. [ Pick Up Heading From First Day ] So daring do their escapades become that no bank, stage coach or train is safe from their plundering. Mary (Jane Wyman) begs Jim to get out, but she knows as well as he that it is far too late, and in her heart she cannot condemn him because she knows that he and the others have done more good than harm with their banditry. Inevitably, as they ride forth one day, they are trapped by a posse, and taken to prison. But the people of Missouri do not forget their outlaw heroes and there is hope of eventual pardon for the three.