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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!”
9.0 / 10• 1941• 56m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Don 'Red' Barry
Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Lead
Lynn Merrick
Sue Martin
William Haade
Largo
JG
James Gillette
Tim Martin
Dick Wessel
Henchman Hawk
Tom Chatterton
Texas Ranger Captain Banning
Tom Ewell
Texas Ranger Ordway
Robert Strange
Hatfield
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Sherman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Desert Bandit is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
