Desert Bandit (1941)

Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy Cagney" in Republic's Desert Bandit. Barry is cast as two-fisted Texas Ranger Bob Crandall, who after being dishonorably discharged heads to the Mexican border to start life anew. He falls in with a gang of gun runners, headed by corrupt lawman Largo (William Haade). It turns out, of course, that Crandall's "disgrace" was merely a ruse to allow him to work undercover in bringing Largo and his minions to justice.

Released May 24, 1941 56 min 7+

Genres: Western

Keywords: tmdb.escape, tmdb.smuggling-contraband, imdb.mexico, imdb.outlaw-gang, imdb.explosion, imdb.b-western

Production Companies: Republic Pictures, Republic Pictures (I)

Country: United States
Languages: English