The Bad Man is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film starring Walter Huston which was produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros.[1] The movie is based on Porter Emerson Browne's 1920 play of the same name and is a sound remake of the 1923 silent version of the same name.

[2] The film stars Walter Huston and features Dorothy Revier, Sidney Blackmer and James Rennie.

Walter Huston plays the part of a notorious Mexican bandit.

When Rennie is unable to pay the mortgage on his ranch and is in risk of losing everything, Huston determines to help him.

[3] The film was remade in 1940 as The Bad Man with Wallace Beery as Pancho Lopez and a supporting cast including Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, and Ronald Reagan.