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The Desperados Are in Town (1956)

Spraying Its Streets With Lead! Lighting Its Skies With Gunfire!

  • Western

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.

Rating
8 / 10 (1 votes)
Release date
November 1, 1956
Runtime
1h 13m
Language
English
Director
Kurt Neumann
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • Robert ArthurLonny Kesh
  • Kathleen NolanAlice Rutherford (as Kathy Nolan)
  • Rhys WilliamsJud Collins
  • Rhodes ReasonFrank Banner
  • Dave O'BrienDock Lapman / Mr. Brown
  • Kelly ThordsenBig Tobe Lapman
  • Mae ClarkeJane Kesh
  • Robert OsterlohDeputy Sheriff Mike Broome
  • William ChalleeTom Kesh
  • Carol KellyHattie
  • Frank SullyCarl Branch
  • Morris AnkrumMr. Rutherford

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