Movie
The Desperado
Released: June 20, 1954 (1954)
Runtime: 80 minutes
Genres: Western
"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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Roy Barcroft as Martin Novak
Age at release: 51
- John Dierkes as Police Sergeant
Age at release: 49
- Nestor Paiva as Captain Jake Thornton
Age at release: 48
- Wayne Morris as Sam Garrett
Age at release: 40
- Dabbs Greer as U.S. Marshal Jim Langley
Age at release: 37
- Rayford Barnes as Ray Novak
Age at release: 33
- Jimmy Lydon as Tom Cameron
Age at release: 31
- Lee Van Cleef as Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton
Age at release: 29
- Beverly Garland as Laurie Bannerman
Age at release: 27
- Richard Shackleton as Pat Garner
Age at release: Unknown
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- Harry Hayden as Picnic Baskets Auctioneer
Age at release: 71
- William Fawcett as Batender
Age at release: 59
- I. Stanford Jolley as Mr. Garner
Age at release: 53
- Robert Shayne as Attorney Wilson
Age at release: 53
- Lyle Talbot as Judge
Age at release: 52
- Florence Lake as Mrs. Cameron
Age at release: 49
- Richard Garland as Trooper
Age at release: 26