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The Desperado

The Desperado

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 20, 1954

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Western

User Score

66%

Original Title

The Desperado

Production Companies

Silvermine Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Director

Thomas Carr

Description

"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow fugitive Tom Cameron, who's on the run from the "Bluebellies," Texas State Police officers who wield a brutal iron fist of enforcement in the early 1870s. But quick-draw, hard-bitten Garrett soon decides not to take his own advice after young Cameron heads home to surrender - and instead gets framed for a revenge murder by a jealous rival for the affections of his girl.