The Desperados Are in Town

  • Genre: Western
  • Run time: 73 min
  • Premiere: 1956. November 1.

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.

Discover

Robert Arthur

Lonny Kesh

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

Carol Kelly

Hattie

Frank Sully

Carl Branch

Morris Ankrum

Mr. Rutherford

Dick Wessel

Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)

Dorothy Granger

Molly, Saloon Girl (as Dorothy Grainger)

Tod Griffin

Ranger

Nancy Evans

Mrs. Rutherford

Art

James Harris

Property Master

Mowbray Berkeley

Set Decoration

Theobold Holsopple

Production Design

Camera

John J. Mescall

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Leonora Sabine

Hairdresser

John G. Holden

Makeup Artist

Joseph Dimmitt

Costumer

Directing

Violet McComas

Script Supervisor

Kurt Neumann

Director

William A. Calihan Jr.

Assistant Director

Editing

Merrill G. White

Editorial Services

Production

Kurt Neumann

Producer

Sound

Paul Sawtell

Original Music Composer

Bert Shefter

Original Music Composer

Writing

Earle Snell

Screenplay

Kurt Neumann

Screenplay

Art

James Harris

Property Master

Mowbray Berkeley

Set Decoration

Theobold Holsopple

Production Design

Camera

John J. Mescall

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Leonora Sabine

Hairdresser

John G. Holden

Makeup Artist

Joseph Dimmitt

Costumer

Directing

Violet McComas

Script Supervisor

Kurt Neumann

Director

William A. Calihan Jr.

Assistant Director

Editing

Merrill G. White

Editorial Services

Production

Kurt Neumann

Producer

Sound

Paul Sawtell

Original Music Composer

Bert Shefter

Original Music Composer

Writing

Earle Snell

Screenplay

Kurt Neumann

Screenplay