Desert Bandit

Desert Bandit

Desert Bandit

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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!"

1941

0h 56m

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Western

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

11 members

Acting

Don 'Red' Barry

Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger

Don 'Red' Barry

Acting

Lynn Merrick

Sue Martin

Lynn Merrick

Acting

William Haade

Largo

William Haade

Acting

James Gillette

Tim Martin

No Image

Acting

Dick Wessel

Henchman Hawk

Dick Wessel

Acting

Tom Chatterton

Texas Ranger Captain Banning

Tom Chatterton

Acting

Tom Ewell

Texas Ranger Ordway

Tom Ewell

Acting

Robert Strange

Hatfield

Robert Strange

Acting

Charles R. Moore

T-Bone Jones

Charles R. Moore

Acting

Ernie Stanton

Sheriff Warde

Ernie Stanton

Acting

Charles King

Dying Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)

Charles King

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