Desert Bandit
Desert Bandit

Movie·1941·0h 56m

Desert Bandit

'Red's' Runnin' Wild! RAORING SIX-GUN ADVENTURES IN THE HEART OF THE OLD WEST!...Ride to new thrills with Don "Red" Barry as he challenges a band of desert outlaws to a fight to the finish!

Directed By

George Sherman

Country

United States of America

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The Story

Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy Cagney" in Republic's Desert Bandit. Barry is cast as two-fisted Texas Ranger Bob Crandall, who after being dishonorably discharged heads to the Mexican border to start life anew. He falls in with a gang of gun runners, headed by corrupt lawman Largo (William Haade). It turns out, of course, that Crandall's "disgrace" was merely a ruse to allow him to work undercover in bringing Largo and his minions to justice.

Written By

Eliot Gibbons

Themes

smuggling (contraband)escape

Production House

Republic Pictures

Audience Score

90%

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Cast

Don 'Red' Barry

Don 'Red' Barry

Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger

Lynn Merrick

Lynn Merrick

Sue Martin

William Haade

William Haade

Largo

James Gillette

Tim Martin

Dick Wessel

Dick Wessel

Henchman Hawk

Tom Chatterton

Tom Chatterton

Texas Ranger Captain Banning

Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

Texas Ranger Ordway

Robert Strange

Robert Strange

Hatfield

Charles R. Moore

Charles R. Moore

T-Bone Jones

Ernie Stanton

Ernie Stanton

Sheriff Warde

Charles King

Charles King

Dying Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)

// crew

Crew

George Sherman

George Sherman

Director

Bennett Cohen

Story, Screenplay

Eliot Gibbons

Screenplay

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