Desperate Trails
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70% Critic Match

Desperate Trails

7.0 / 10 1921 50mNR English
Western

Storyline

Bart Carson is in love with Lou and even goes to jail to save Walter A. Walker, a man she says is her brother but who is really a husband who has deserted his wife and two children.

Cast & Crew

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Bart Carson

Lead
Irene Rich

Irene Rich

Mrs. Walker

Georgie Stone

Georgie Stone

Dannie Boy

Edward Coxen

Edward Coxen

Walter A. Walker

HF

Helen Field

Carrie

Barbara La Marr

Barbara La Marr

Lady Lou

George Siegmann

George Siegmann

Sheriff Price

Charles Inslee

Charles Inslee

Doc Higgins (as Charles E. Insley)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Ford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Desperate Trails is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker