The Desperado
1954"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.
Acted in
Wayne Morris
as Sam Garrett
Jimmy Lydon
as Tom Cameron
Beverly Garland
as Laurie Bannerman
Rayford Barnes
as Ray Novak
Dabbs Greer
as U.S. Marshal Jim Langley
Lee Van Cleef
as Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton
Nestor Paiva
as Captain Jake Thornton
Roy Barcroft
as Martin Novak
John Dierkes
as Police Sergeant
Richard Shackleton
as Pat Garner
I. Stanford Jolley
as Mr. Garner
Richard Garland
as Trooper
Florence Lake
as Mrs. Cameron
Harry Hayden
as Picnic Baskets Auctioneer
William Fawcett
as Batender
Robert Shayne
as Attorney Wilson
Lyle Talbot
as Judge