The read
It runs a compact 56m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- George ShermanDirector
- Bennett CohenScreenplay
- Eliot GibbonsScreenplay
Cast
- Don 'Red' BarryBob Crandall, Texas Ranger
- Lynn MerrickSue Martin
- William HaadeLargo
- James GilletteTim Martin
- Dick WesselHenchman Hawk
- Tom ChattertonTexas Ranger Captain Banning
- Tom EwellTexas Ranger Ordway
- Robert StrangeHatfield
- Charles R. MooreT-Bone Jones
- Ernie StantonSheriff Warde
- Charles KingDying Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
smuggling (contraband)escape