- Country: USA
- Genres: Action, Drama, Romance
- Release: 1954-06-20
- Director: Thomas Carr
- Writers: Daniel Mainwaring , Clifton Adams
- Language: English
- Stars: Wayne Morris , Jimmy Lydon , Beverly Garland , Rayford Barnes , Dabbs Greer , Lee Van Cleef , Lee Van Cleef , Nestor Paiva , Roy Barcroft , John Dierkes , Richard Shackleton
- Runtime: 80 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Der graue Reiter , The Desperado (Canada) , Desperado (Italy) , The Desperado (United Kingdom) , The Desperado (United States of America) , The Desperado , Duelo de Assassinos (Brazil) , Jagad desperado (Sweden) , Apospasma aftoktonias (Greece)
- Plot: From 1870 to 1873, Texas suffered under the carpetbag administration of Reconstructionist Governor E. J. Davis (the name and the stated conditions were about the only things authentic in this film) and his despotic state police commanded in John's City by Captain Jake Thornton. Two young men, Tom Cameron and Ray Novack, flee to the Big Bend area to escape persecution. Ray pretends to be Tom's friend but actually hates him because he is madly jealous that Laura Bannerman is to become Tom's wife. They join forces with Sam Garrett, a killer with a price on his head. Ray tries to kill Garret to collect the reward, but Tom saves Garrett's life and Ray flees back to John's City, where he is taken prisoner. Ray kills Thornton and another trooper, but Tom is blamed for the crimes. Garrett can clear him, but will he?
- IMDB:tt0046905
The Desperado Cast · · · ALL
Thomas Carr
Director
Wayne Morris
Sam Garrett
Jimmy Lydon
Tom Cameron
Beverly Garland
Laurie Bannerman
Rayford Barnes
Ray Novak
Dabbs Greer
U.S. Marshal Jim Langley
Lee Van Cleef
Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton
Nestor Paiva
Captain Jake Thornton
Roy Barcroft
Martin Novak
John Dierkes
Police Sergeant
I. Stanford Jolley
Mr. Garner
Richard Garland
Trooper
Florence Lake
Mrs. Cameron
Harry Hayden
Picnic Baskets Auctioneer
William Fawcett
Batender
Robert Shayne
Attorney Wilson
Lyle Talbot
Judge