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Desperadoes of the West(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-08-02
38%
2 Votes
Time: 2h 47m
Six-Guns Roar...and the west blazes with action as fearless ranchers hurl a challenge that rocks the frontier!
Overview:
A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fierce opposition from an unknown gang of outlaws. Eastern promoter J.B."Dude" Dawson, is behind the gang as he is out to prevent the co-op members from striking oil before their lease expires, so he can secure the property for his company. When Ward, with the help of Arnold and his daughter Sally, arranges for a new driller to be brought in, the replacement man is killed and one of Dawson's men takes his place.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: Desperadoes of the West
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tom Keene
Ward Gordon
Judy Clark
Sally Arnold
Roy Barcroft
Hacker
I. Stanford Jolley
J.B. 'Dude' Dawson
Lee Phelps
Rusty Steele
Lee Roberts
Larson
Cliff Clark
Colonel Arnold
Edmund Cobb
Bowers
Hank Patterson
Hardrock Haggerty
Dale Van Sickel
Reed
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Overview
A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fierce opposition from an unknown gang of outlaws. Eastern promoter J.B."Dude" Dawson, is behind the gang as he is out to prevent the co-op members from striking oil before their lease expires, so he can secure the property for his company. When Ward, with the help of Arnold and his daughter Sally, arranges for a new driller to be brought in, the replacement man is killed and one of Dawson's men takes his place.
Release Date
1950-08-02
Average
3.8
Rating:
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Six-Guns Roar...and the west blazes with action as fearless ranchers hurl a challenge that rocks the frontier!
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