The Desperadoes (1943)
Red-Blooded Action
87 min
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.
- Release date
- May 25, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Randolph Scott as Sheriff Steve Upton
- Claire Trevor as The Countess
- Glenn Ford as Cheyenne Rogers
- Evelyn Keyes as Allison McLeod
- Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Willie McLeod
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Nitro Rankin
- Raymond Walburn as Judge Cameron
- Porter Hall as Banker Clanton
- Bernard Nedell as Jack Lester
- Joan Woodbury as Sundown
Crew
- Charles Vidor · Director
- Robert Carson · Writer
- Max Brand · Writer
- Harry Joe Brown · Producer
- John Leipold · Composer
- George Meehan · Cinematographer
- Gene Havlick · Editor