Across the Badlands is a 1950 American Western film directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Barry Shipman. The film stars Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Helen Mowery, Stanley Andrews, Robert J. Wilke and Dick Elliott. The film was released on September 14, 1950, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast Charles Starrett as Steve Ransom / The Durango Kid Smiley Burnette as Smiley Helen Mowery as Eileen Carson Stanley Andrews as Sheriff Crocker Robert J. Wilke as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson Dick Elliott as Rufus Downey Hugh Prosser as Jeff Carson Robert Cavendish as Bart Charles Evans as Gregory Banion Paul Campbell as Pete Harmonica Bill as Harmonica Bill References External links 1950 films American Western (genre) films 1950 Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Fred F. Sears American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films