---
title: '3 Bad Men (1926)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Ford'
released: '1926-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 71
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/3-bad-men-1926'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017463/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 3 Bad Men (1926)

1926 · 71 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

3 Bad Men is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John Ford. Bob Mastrangelo has called it "One of John Ford's greatest silent epics." The film possibly 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford)
- **Screenplay:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford), [John Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-stone)
- **Producer:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford), [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [George Schneiderman](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-schneiderman)

## Cast

- [Lou Tellegen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-tellegen)
- [Phyllis Haver](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-haver)
- [J. Farrell MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-farrell-macdonald)
- [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving)
- [Jay Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-hunt)
- [Vester Pegg](https://cinepixo.com/people/vester-pegg)
- [Otis Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/otis-harlan)
- [George O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-o-brien)
- [Frank Campeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-campeau)
- [Tom Santschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-santschi)
- [Alec B. Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-b-francis)
- [Bud Osborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/bud-osborne)
- [Olive Borden](https://cinepixo.com/people/olive-borden)
- [Priscilla Bonner](https://cinepixo.com/people/priscilla-bonner)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/3-bad-men-1926
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