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The Desperados Are in Town is a 1956 American Western film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Robert Arthur and Kathleen Nolan.[1]
It was a B movie made for the bottom half of double bills.[2][3]
It was known as The Outlaws are in Town.[4] Kurt Neumann signed to make the movie in July 1956.[5]
Plot
A farm hand from Georgia goes west to Texas, but finds the area overrun with outlaws.
Cast
- Robert Arthur as Lenny Kesh
- Kathleen Nolan as Alice Rutherford (as Kathy Nolan)
- Rhys Williams as Jud Collins
- Rhodes Reason as Frank Banner
- Dave O'Brien as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
- Kelly Thordsen as Big Tobe Lapman
- Mae Clarke as Jane Kesh
- Robert Osterloh as Deputy Sheriff Mike Broome
- William Challee as Tom Kesh
- Carol Kelly as Hattie
- Frank Sully as Carl Branch
- Morris Ankrum as Mr. Rutherford
- Dick Wessel as Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
- Dorothy Granger as Molly, Saloon Girl (as Dorothy Grainger)
- Tod Griffin as Ranger
- Nancy Evans as Mrs. Rutherford
- Ann Stebbins as Girl
- Byron Foulger as Jim Day
See also
References
- ^ Quinlan p.409
- ^ "Platters will headline show". Los Angeles Times. November 28, 1956. ProQuest 167004144.
- ^ "DESPERADOS ARE IN TOWN, the". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 24. 1957. p. 17 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Schallert, E. (July 10, 1956). "Drama". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166976252.
- ^ OSCAR GODBOUT (July 5, 1956). "FERRER TO DIRECT AND STAR IN FILM". New York Times. ProQuest 113801301.
Bibliography
- Quinlan, David. The Film Lover's Companion: An A to Z Guide to 2,000 Stars and the Movies They Made. Carol Publishing Group, 1997.
External links
- The Desperados Are in Town at IMDb
- The Desperados Are in Town at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Desperados Are in Town at the TCM Movie Database
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