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The Desperados Are in Town

Directed by	Kurt Neumann
Screenplay by	Earle Snell Kurt Neumann
Based on	(The Outlaws Are in Town) Bennett Foster
Produced by	Kurt Neumann
Starring	Robert Arthur Kathleen Nolan
Cinematography	John J. Mescall
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Music by	Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Regal Films
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox
Release date	November 1956 (1956-11) (USA)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Desperados Are in Town is a 1956 American Western film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Robert Arthur and Kathleen Nolan.

It was a B movie made for the bottom half of double bills.

It was known as The Outlaws are in Town. Kurt Neumann signed to make the movie in July 1956.

Plot

A farm hand from Georgia goes west to Texas, but finds the area overrun with outlaws.

Cast

Robert Arthur as Lenny Kesh
Kathleen Nolan as Alice Rutherford (as Kathy Nolan)
Rhys Williams as Jud Collins
Rhodes Reason as Frank Banner
Dave O'Brien as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
Kelly Thordsen as Big Tobe Lapman
Mae Clarke as Jane Kesh
Robert Osterloh as Deputy Sheriff Mike Broome
William Challee as Tom Kesh
Carol Kelly as Hattie
Frank Sully as Carl Branch
Morris Ankrum as Mr. Rutherford
Dick Wessel as Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
Dorothy Granger as Molly, Saloon Girl (as Dorothy Grainger)
Tod Griffin as Ranger
Nancy Evans as Mrs. Rutherford
Ann Stebbins as Girl
Byron Foulger as Jim Day

References

Quinlan p.409
"Platters will headline show". Los Angeles Times. November 28, 1956. ProQuest 167004144.
"DESPERADOS ARE IN TOWN, the". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 24. 1957. p. 17 – via ProQuest.
Schallert, E. (July 10, 1956). "Drama". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166976252.
OSCAR GODBOUT (July 5, 1956). "FERRER TO DIRECT AND STAR IN FILM". New York Times. ProQuest 113801301.

Bibliography

Quinlan, David. The Film Lover's Companion: An A to Z Guide to 2,000 Stars and the Movies They Made. Carol Publishing Group, 1997.

External links

The Desperados Are in Town at IMDb
The Desperados Are in Town at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The Desperados Are in Town at the TCM Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Kurt Neumann
El Tenorio del harem (1931) Fast Companions (1932) My Pal, the King (1932) The Big Cage (1933) The Secret of the Blue Room (1933) King for a Night (1933) Let's Talk It Over (1934) Half a Sinner (1934) Wake Up and Dream (1934) Alias Mary Dow (1935) The Affair of Susan (1935) Let's Sing Again (1936) Rainbow on the River (1936) Espionage (1937) Make a Wish (1937) That Navy Spirit (1937) Wide Open Faces (1938) Generals of Tomorrow (1938) Ambush (1939) Unmarried (1939) Island of Lost Men (1939) All Women Have Secrets (1939) Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940) Brooklyn Orchid (1942) Fall In (1942) The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942) Taxi, Mister (1943) Yanks Ahoy (1943) The Unknown Guest (1943) Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) The Dude Goes West (1948) Bad Men of Tombstone (1949) Bad Boy (1949) Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949) The Kid from Texas (1950) Rocketship X-M (1950) Cattle Drive (1951) Reunion in Reno (1951) Son of Ali Baba (1952) The Ring (1952) Hiawatha (1952) Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) Regina Amstetten (1954) Three from Variety (1954) Carnival Story (1954) Circus of Love (1954) They Were So Young (1954) The Star of Rio (1955) Mohawk (1956) The Desperados Are in Town (1956) She Devil (1957) Kronos (1957) The Deerslayer (1957) The Fly (1958) Machete (1958) Watusi (1959) Counterplot (1959)

Films directed by Kurt Neumann

El Tenorio del harem (1931)
Fast Companions (1932)
My Pal, the King (1932)
The Big Cage (1933)
The Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
King for a Night (1933)
Let's Talk It Over (1934)
Half a Sinner (1934)
Wake Up and Dream (1934)
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
The Affair of Susan (1935)
Let's Sing Again (1936)
Rainbow on the River (1936)
Espionage (1937)
Make a Wish (1937)
That Navy Spirit (1937)
Wide Open Faces (1938)
Generals of Tomorrow (1938)
Ambush (1939)
Unmarried (1939)
Island of Lost Men (1939)
All Women Have Secrets (1939)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
Fall In (1942)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)
Taxi, Mister (1943)
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
The Unknown Guest (1943)
Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
The Dude Goes West (1948)
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
Bad Boy (1949)
Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949)
The Kid from Texas (1950)
Rocketship X-M (1950)
Cattle Drive (1951)
Reunion in Reno (1951)
Son of Ali Baba (1952)
The Ring (1952)
Hiawatha (1952)
Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)
Regina Amstetten (1954)
Three from Variety (1954)
Carnival Story (1954)
Circus of Love (1954)
They Were So Young (1954)
The Star of Rio (1955)
Mohawk (1956)
The Desperados Are in Town (1956)
She Devil (1957)
Kronos (1957)
The Deerslayer (1957)
The Fly (1958)
Machete (1958)
Watusi (1959)
Counterplot (1959)

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