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Plot

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. More realistic than most Republic B oaters, Desert Bandit is climaxed by a tension-filled shootout between hero and villain.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Westerns
Run Time:
55min.
Distributor(s):
Republic
Director(s):
George Sherman
Starring:
Don \ , Lynn Merrick , William Haade , James Gillette , Tom Chatterton
Keywords:
Mexico,Texas-Ranger,bad-guy,border [geographic],corruption,cowboy,criminal,gangster,good-guy,impersonation,lawman,outlaw [Western],ranger [military],selling,sheriff,undercover,weapons,weapons-dealer