Badlanders, The (Full Frame)

VHS, 85 minutes, MGM

Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine star in a riveting western classic that ignites the screen with explosive gunfights, blazing action sequences and gritty, emotionally charged drama. Peter Van Hoek (Ladd) and John McBain (Borgnine) are ex-convicts who are planning one of the most daring robberies in the history of the wild west: a lucrative gold mine heist, to be carried out only a few yards away from the corrupt, ruthless owners! With Van Hoek's geological knowledge and McBain's brute strength, the bandits risk their lives in an assault on the treacherous, collapsing mine. But the danger and nerve-shattering tension of their high-stakes robbery is only just beginning, as their adventure takes them from the deadly mine shaft to a chaotic final shoot-out on the streets above. All the while, the outlaws know that in a heartbeat, their fortunes could be made...or their lives could be lost. With an intense climax that builds to "the maximum in excitement and suspense" (Motion Picture Herald), "The Badlanders" is a blistering saga as wild and untamed as the old west itself.