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The Desperados Are in Town
“Spraying Its Streets With Lead! Lighting Its Skies With Gunfire!”
8.0 / 10• 1956• 1h 13m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Robert Arthur
Lonny Kesh
Lead
Kathleen Nolan
Alice Rutherford (as Kathy Nolan)
Rhys Williams
Jud Collins
Rhodes Reason
Frank Banner
Dave O'Brien
Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
Kelly Thordsen
Big Tobe Lapman
Mae Clarke
Jane Kesh
Robert Osterloh
Deputy Sheriff Mike Broome
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kurt Neumann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Desperados Are in Town is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
