The Desperado (1954)

  • NR
  • 06/20/1954 (US)
  • Western
  • 1h 20m

Sam Garrett was all bad...all killer...and always ready to prove it!

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.

Clifton Adams

Novel

Thomas Carr

Director

Daniel Mainwaring

Screenplay

Cast

Wayne Morris's headshot

Wayne Morris

Sam Garrett
Jimmy Lydon's headshot

Jimmy Lydon

Tom Cameron
Beverly Garland's headshot

Beverly Garland

Laurie Bannerman
Rayford Barnes's headshot

Rayford Barnes

Ray Novak
Dabbs Greer's headshot

Dabbs Greer

U.S. Marshal Jim Langley
Lee Van Cleef's headshot

Lee Van Cleef

Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton
Nestor Paiva's headshot

Nestor Paiva

Captain Jake Thornton
Roy Barcroft's headshot

Roy Barcroft

Martin Novak

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