3 Bad Men

One of the undeniable high points of Ford’s silent-era career, this epic set amongst the 1870s gold rush on Sioux land shows just how early the great master’s characteristic style had formed, featuring the intricate framing of actors, an overwhelming sense of grandeur and location, a keen interest in how communities are built, and graceful storytelling largely expressed through action and movement.

Starring Olive Borden as a woman saved from horse thieves by the three “bad” outlaws of the title, it features George O’Brien (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) as a chipper cowboy also heading towards the goldfields.