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The Desperado

Sam Garrett was all bad...all killer...and always ready to prove it!
Jun 20, 1954 · 1h 20m
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Western

PLOT

"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.

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CAST

Wayne Morris
Sam Garrett
Jimmy Lydon
Tom Cameron
Beverly Garland
Laurie Bannerman
Rayford Barnes
Ray Novak
Dabbs Greer
U.S. Marshal Jim Langley
Lee Van Cleef
Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton
Nestor Paiva
Captain Jake Thornton
Roy Barcroft
Martin Novak
Directed by Thomas Carr

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Silvermine Productions, Allied Artists Pictures
Country
US

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