The Desperados Are in Town (1956)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Robert Arthur

Lonny Kesh

Kathleen Nolan

Alice Rutherford (as Kathy Nolan)

Rhys Williams

Jud Collins

Rhodes Reason

Frank Banner

Dave O'Brien

Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown

Kelly Thordsen

Big Tobe Lapman

Mae Clarke

Jane Kesh

Robert Osterloh

Deputy Sheriff Mike Broome

William Challee

Tom Kesh

Carol Kelly

Hattie

Frank Sully

Carl Branch

Morris Ankrum

Mr. Rutherford

Director & Crew

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