Desert Bandit
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.
Desert Bandit (1941)
George Sherman
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
9.0/10
1 votes
Rating consensus
90/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~90/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Don 'Red' Barry
Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
Lynn Merrick
Sue Martin
William Haade
Largo
James Gillette
Tim Martin
Dick Wessel
Henchman Hawk
Tom Chatterton
Texas Ranger Captain Banning
Tom Ewell
Texas Ranger Ordway
Robert Strange
Hatfield
Charles R. Moore
T-Bone Jones
Ernie Stanton
Sheriff Warde
Charles King
Dying Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)
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Desert Bandit (1941)
George Sherman
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