Bad Men of the West

1974

Drama / Western

7
IMDb Rating 4.2/10 10 352 352

half-brother edited from tv series

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Plot summary

Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of two episodes of the hit 1960's TV series, "The Virginian." In one installment, a wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped by a nasty gunslinger. But the crime is only just a means for the ruffian to draw the tough title character into a blood- thirsty revenge scheme. In the second, a drifter burglarizes the Shiloh ranch. Then an unhinged girl relies on the man to aid in her flight from home.

Director

Samuel Fuller Photo
Samuel Fuller

Top cast

Warren J. Kemmerling Photo
Warren J. Kemmerling as Sharkey
Lee J. Cobb Photo
Lee J. Cobb as Judge Henry Garth
Michael Conrad Photo
Michael Conrad as Harge Talbot Sr.
Ross Hagen Photo
Ross Hagen as Bassett
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
809.36 MB
1280*988
English 2.0
NR
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 17
1.47 GB
1398*1080
English 2.0
NR
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 36

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul_m_haakonsen 4 / 10

Watchable, but apparently it was two episodes from "The Virginian" disguised as a movie...

Granted, I had not heard about this 1974 movie titled "The Meanest Men in the West" prior to stumbling upon it here in 2025. I didn't actually know that it was not a movie as per se, but it was actually two random episodes from "The Virginian" TV series, which I never even heard about. While Western is not a genre I generally veer towards, I do dabble every now and again when given a chance.Writers Samuel Fuller and Ed Waters put together an okay script and storyline, though I suppose that if you have watched "The Virginian", and thus also watched these two episodes, the story would make more sense. Regardless, it proved watchable enough to sit through.There were some familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Charles Grodin, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Lee J. Cobb, Ross Hagen, Bonnie Bartlett and Lance Kerwin. The acting performances were fair.The editing was pretty lousy. Some of the scenes were brutally cut without consideration of the music, making for some very odd changes in sound and music.My rating of "The Meanest Men in the West" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
Reviewed by a_chinn 3 / 10

Only for die hard Fuller, Marvin, or Bronson fans.

Dull western is actually two episodes of "The Virginian" from the 1960s, one starring Charles Bronson and the other starring Lee Marvin, edited together and released theatrically almost 20 years later. The episodes are connected in that Marvin and Bronson are supposed to be half brothers, although they didn't appear together in their respective episode and their stories not originally connected. The only reason I wanted to see this film is that one of the two episodes was written and directed by the great Samuel Fuller ("The Big Red One," "The Steel Helmet," "Shock Corridor," etc.), but you'd barely notice when watching this routine TV western. There are flashes where you can see seeds of something better, such some basic story concepts (Fuller wrote and directed the Lee Marvin episode), Fuller's usual knack for action, and, of course, Bronson and Marvin. However, it's all undone by cheap television production values, such as cheap sets, bad photography, and painful overuse of stock footage. Marvin is good, but he seems to just be going through the motions, as does Fuller. Really, there's nothing to recommend here unless you're a Fuller, Marvin, or Bronson completionist.
Reviewed by jordondave-28085 3 / 10

This movie is pretty bad even for both Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson fans

(1966) The Meanest Men In The West WESTERNPlays and feels like a really bad made for TV movie, but it's like the only movie where we can see Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin sharing the same screen together. The set up regards a robbery lead by Harge Talbot Jr (Charles Bronson) and company gone wrong since someone ratted him out. The movie centers on Harge trying to find the culprit responsible which is really his psychopathic brother Kalig (Lee Marvin) who had just kidnapped the judge(Lee J Cobb) who imprisoned him. This also happens to be Lee J Cobbs final film appearance. This movie is quite bad even for fans for both Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson fans.
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