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The Desperados Are in Town (1956)

Spraying Its Streets With Lead! Lighting Its Skies With Gunfire!

Genre : Western

Runtime : 1H 13M

Director : Kurt Neumann
Writer : Kurt Neumann, Earle Snell

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Robert Arthur
Robert Arthur
Lonny Kesh
Kathleen Nolan
Kathleen Nolan
Alice Rutherford (as Kathy Nolan)
Rhys Williams
Rhys Williams
Jud Collins
Rhodes Reason
Rhodes Reason
Frank Banner
Dave O'Brien
Dave O'Brien
Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
Kelly Thordsen
Kelly Thordsen
Big Tobe Lapman
Mae Clarke
Mae Clarke
Jane Kesh
Robert Osterloh
Robert Osterloh
Deputy Sheriff Mike Broome
William Challee
William Challee
Tom Kesh
Carol Kelly
Carol Kelly
Hattie
Frank Sully
Frank Sully
Carl Branch
Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum
Mr. Rutherford
Dick Wessel
Dick Wessel
Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
Dorothy Granger
Dorothy Granger
Molly, Saloon Girl (as Dorothy Grainger)
Tod Griffin
Tod Griffin
Ranger
Nancy Evans
Nancy Evans
Mrs. Rutherford
Ann Stebbins
Ann Stebbins
Girl
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Jim Day

Crews

Kurt Neumann
Kurt Neumann
Director
Kurt Neumann
Kurt Neumann
Screenplay
Earle Snell
Earle Snell
Screenplay
Bennett Foster
Bennett Foster
Story
Kurt Neumann
Kurt Neumann
Producer
Paul Sawtell
Paul Sawtell
Original Music Composer
Bert Shefter
Bert Shefter
Original Music Composer
John J. Mescall
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Theobold Holsopple
Theobold Holsopple
Production Design
Mowbray Berkeley
Mowbray Berkeley
Set Decoration
William A. Calihan Jr.
William A. Calihan Jr.
Assistant Director
Joseph Dimmitt
Joseph Dimmitt
Costumer
John G. Holden
John G. Holden
Makeup Artist
Leonora Sabine
Leonora Sabine
Hairdresser
James Harris
James Harris
Property Master
Al Overton
Al Overton
Sound
Merrill G. White
Merrill G. White
Editorial Services
Violet McComas
Violet McComas
Script Supervisor

Posters and backgrounds

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