The Desperado (1954)

7.2/10 • 80 min • Western

Overview

"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow fugitive Tom Cameron, who's on the run from the "Bluebellies," Texas State Police officers who wield a brutal iron fist of enforcement in the early 1870s. But quick-draw, hard-bitten Garrett soon decides not to take his own advice after young Cameron heads home to surrender - and instead gets framed for a revenge murder by a jealous rival for the affections of his girl.

Cast

Wayne Morris

Jimmy Lydon

Beverly Garland

Laurie Bannerman

Rayford Barnes

Dabbs Greer

U.S. Marshal Jim Langley

Lee Van Cleef

Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton

Nestor Paiva

Captain Jake Thornton

Roy Barcroft

John Dierkes

Police Sergeant

I. Stanford Jolley

Richard Garland

Florence Lake

Harry Hayden

Picnic Baskets Auctioneer

William Fawcett

Robert Shayne

Attorney Wilson

Lyle Talbot

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