Desert Bandit (1941)
Desert Bandit (1941) - Western Movies 56 minutes. . 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. smuggling (contraband), escape
Released: May 24, 1941
Runtime: 56 minutes
Genre: Western
Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Lynn Merrick, William Haade, James Gillette, Dick Wessel, Tom Chatterton
Crew: George Sherman (Director), Bennett Cohen (Story), Bennett Cohen (Screenplay), Eliot Gibbons (Screenplay)