The Desperados Are in Town

The Desperados Are in Town

73 mins | Western | Nov. 1, 1956

In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. The trouble begins when the young fellow flees his family's Texas dirt farm and becomes an outlaw. He is advised by one of the desperadoes to return home. The boy does, and with hard work, makes the farm successful. Harvest time rolls around. He is just about to celebrate when the outlaws ride up and force him to help them pull a local bank job. He refuses and kills the gang leader and his brother. Meanwhile, the boy's past is revealed to the town banker. Seeing that he truly has gone straight, the banker forgives him. The boy marries and lives with his lovely bride upon his land.

The Desperados Are in Town

73 mins | Western | Nov. 1, 1956

The Desperados Are in Town
In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. The trouble begins when the young fellow flees his family's Texas dirt farm and becomes an outlaw. He is advised by one of the desperadoes to return home. The boy does, and with hard work, makes the farm successful. Harvest time rolls around. He is just about to celebrate when the outlaws ride up and force him to help them pull a local bank job. He refuses and kills the gang leader and his brother. Meanwhile, the boy's past is revealed to the town banker. Seeing that he truly has gone straight, the banker forgives him. The boy marries and lives with his lovely bride upon his land.
Producers
Original title The Desperados Are in Town
Directors Violet McComas, William A. Calihan Jr., Kurt Neumann
Writers Bennett Foster, Earle Snell, Kurt Neumann

Cast

Robert Arthur

as Lonny Kesh

Kathleen Nolan

as Alice Rutherford (as Kathy Nolan)

Rhys Williams

as Jud Collins

Rhodes Reason

as Frank Banner

Dave O'Brien

as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown

Kelly Thordsen

as Big Tobe Lapman

Mae Clarke

as Jane Kesh

Robert Osterloh

as Deputy Sheriff Mike Broome

William Challee

as Tom Kesh

Carol Kelly

as Hattie

Frank Sully

as Carl Branch

Morris Ankrum

as Mr. Rutherford

Dick Wessel

as Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)

Dorothy Granger

as Molly, Saloon Girl (as Dorothy Grainger)

Tod Griffin

as Ranger

Nancy Evans

as Mrs. Rutherford

Ann Stebbins

as Girl

Byron Foulger

as Jim Day