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The Desperados Are in Town (1956)
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Overview
In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. The trouble begins when the young fellow flees his family’s Texas dirt farm and becomes an outlaw. He is advised by one of the desperadoes to return home. The boy does, and with hard work, makes the farm successful. Harvest time rolls around. He is just about to celebrate when the outlaws ride up and force him to help them pull a local bank job. He refuses and kills the gang leader and his brother. Meanwhile, the boy’s past is revealed to the town banker. Seeing that he truly has gone straight, the banker forgives him. The boy marries and lives with his lovely bride upon his land.
Rated NR | Length 73 minutes
Actors
Robert Arthur | Kathleen Nolan | Rhys Williams | Rhodes Reason | Dave O'Brien | Kelly Thordsen | Mae Clarke | Robert Osterloh | William Challee | Carol Kelly | Frank Sully | Morris Ankrum | Dick Wessel | Dorothy Granger | Tod Griffin | Nancy Evans | Ann Stebbins | Byron Foulger