Desert Bandit (1941)
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.
Director:
George Sherman
Writers:
Eliot Gibbons, Bennett Cohen.
 |
Don 'Red' Barry as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger |
 |
Lynn Merrick as Sue Martin |
 |
William Haade as Largo |
 |
James Gillette as Tim Martin |
 |
Dick Wessel as Henchman Hawk |
 |
Tom Chatterton as Texas Ranger Captain Banning |
 |
Tom Ewell as Texas Ranger Ordway |
 |
Robert Strange as Hatfield |
 |
Charles R. Moore as T-Bone Jones |
 |
Ernie Stanton as Sheriff Warde |
 |
Charles King as Dying Henchman at Wagon (uncredited) |
| Writing | Bennett Cohen | Story |
| Directing | George Sherman | Director |
| Writing | Eliot Gibbons | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bennett Cohen | Screenplay |
