3 Bad Men

John Ford's Westerns consistently present the mythology of the Old West at its best, romanticizing and glorifying the westward expansion. This is true even very early on in his career. His 1926 silent 3 Bad Men is set in an ad hoc town that builds up at the border of the Sioux lands, which are set to be opened up to gold prospectors on a certain day, attracting speculators and settlers from all