The Desperadoes

May 25, 1943

1h 27m

★ 5.7

Red-Blooded Action

Overview

Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and when Willie's choice for this doesn't show in time, he gets some local boys to do it. When his man does turn up he decides to stick around, as he is pals with the sheriff and also takes a shine to Willie's daughter Allison. This gives the bad men several new problems.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Sheriff Steve Upton

Randolph Scott

Countess Maletta

Claire Trevor

Cheyenne Rogers

Glenn Ford

Allison McLeod

Evelyn Keyes

Uncle Willie McLeod

Edgar Buchanan

Nitro Rankin

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Judge Cameron

Raymond Walburn

Banker Clanton

Porter Hall

Jack Lester

Bernard Nedell

Sundown

Joan Woodbury

Dan Walters - Bartender

Irving Bacon

Hank

Francis Ford

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