The Desperado

The Desperado

80 mins | Western | June 20, 1954

"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.

The Desperado

80 mins | Western | June 20, 1954

The Desperado
"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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Allied Artists Pictures, Silvermine Productions
Original title The Desperado
Directors Thomas Carr
Writers Clifton Adams, Daniel Mainwaring

Cast

Wayne Morris

as Sam Garrett

Jimmy Lydon

as Tom Cameron

Beverly Garland

as Laurie Bannerman

Rayford Barnes

as Ray Novak

Dabbs Greer

as U.S. Marshal Jim Langley

Lee Van Cleef

as The Crayton Twins

Nestor Paiva

as Captain Jake Thornton

Roy Barcroft

as Martin Novack

John Dierkes

as Police Sergeant

Richard Shackleton

as Pat Garner

I. Stanford Jolley

as Mr. Garner (as Stanford Jolley)

Richard Garland

as Trooper (as Charles Garland)

Florence Lake

as Mrs. Cameron