Desperadoes' Outpost
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Desperadoes' Outpost

9.0 / 10 1952 54mNR English
Western

Storyline

Nugget Clark has been having his stagecoaches wrecked and Marshal Rocky Lane arrives to investigate. The foreman of a nearby mine is stealing part of the mecury output and selling it in Mexico. Nugget's house has a direct pipeline from the mine and they are trying to drive him into bankruptcy to obtain his ranch. Rocky is quickly aware that the Foremen is behind Nugget's holdups but they are also onto Rocky when he accidently drops his badge during a fight.

Cast & Crew

Allan Lane

Allan Lane

Rocky Lane

Lead
BJ

Black Jack

Black Jack

Eddy Waller

Eddy Waller

Nugget Clark

Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Jim Boylan

Myron Healey

Myron Healey

Dan Booker

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Walter Fleming

Claudia Barrett

Claudia Barrett

Kathy

Lane Bradford

Lane Bradford

Mike

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Philip Ford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. Desperadoes' Outpost is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker