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The Desperadoes
Film / 1943

The Desperadoes

Directed by Charles Vidor
Western

★ 5.9/10Audience rating

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 …

The story

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.

Cast

Randolph ScottSheriff Steve Upton Claire TrevorCountess Maletta Glenn FordCheyenne Rogers Evelyn KeyesAllison McLeod Edgar BuchananUncle Willie McLeod Guinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsNitro Rankin Raymond WalburnJudge Cameron Porter HallBanker Clanton Bernard NedellJack Lester Joan WoodburySundown Irving BaconDan Walters - Bartender Francis FordHank
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Edward HearnArmed Townsman Edward PawleyDeputy Blackie Glenn StrangeLem - Jack's Gang Member Slim WhitakerTolliver - Jack's Gang Member Chester CluteRollo Ethan LaidlawCass

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