Desert Bandit
Seen it?1941 | 56 min | Western
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for most people.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 56 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1941: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 590 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by George Sherman
- Don 'Red' BarryBob Crandall, Texas Ranger
- Lynn MerrickSue Martin
- William HaadeLargo
- James GilletteTim Martin
- Dick WesselHenchman Hawk
- Tom ChattertonTexas Ranger Captain Banning
- Tom EwellTexas Ranger Ordway
- Robert StrangeHatfield
- Charles R. MooreT-Bone Jones
- Ernie StantonSheriff Warde