The Desperadoes( 1943)

TV-MAWestern

57%

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Overview

Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and when Willie's choice for this doesn't show in time, he gets some local boys to do it. When his man does turn up he decides to stick around, as he is pals with the sheriff and also takes a shine to Willie's daughter Allison. This gives the bad men several new problems.

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Randolph Scott
Sheriff Steve Upton
Claire Trevor
Countess Maletta
Glenn Ford
Cheyenne Rogers
Evelyn Keyes
Allison McLeod
Edgar Buchanan
Uncle Willie McLeod
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Nitro Rankin
Raymond Walburn
Judge Cameron
Porter Hall
Banker Clanton
Bernard Nedell
Jack Lester
Joan Woodbury
Sundown
Irving Bacon
Dan Walters - Bartender
Francis Ford
Hank
Edward Hearn
Armed Townsman
Edward Pawley
Deputy Blackie
Glenn Strange
Lem - Jack's Gang Member
Slim Whitaker
Tolliver - Jack's Gang Member
Chester Clute
Rollo
Ethan Laidlaw
Cass

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Thu Sep 15 2022

**_Randolph Scott and Glenn Ford are very young in this decent old Western_** In 1863 Utah, a wanted gunman (Ford) meets a winsome woman that makes him want to go straight and settle down (Evelyn Keyes), but a murderous bank robber’s false accusations get him into trouble with the law. Scott plays the sheriff of the town, Claire Trevor a hotel madam and Edgar Buchanan a duplicitous widower. Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams is also on hand as a dubious expert with Nitroglycerin. "The Desperadoes" (1943) is worthwhile just to see Scott and, especially, Ford when they were younger. There’s also some...