The Desperado (1954) on DVD

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“Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else; Don’t get in the habit of it;” Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett (Wayne Morris) offers that sage wisdom to fellow fugitive Tom Cameron (James Lydon); who’s on the run from the “Bluebellies;” Texas State Police officers who wield a brutal iron fist of enforcement in the early 1870s; But quick-draw; hard-bitten Garrett soon decides not to take his own advice after young Cameron heads home to surrender – and instead gets framed for a revenge murder by a jealous rival for the affections of his girl (Beverly Garland); B-movie stalwarts Morris and Lydon make a nifty mentor/apprentice team; while Lee Van Cleef plays ornery twin brothers that put Cameron’s budding six-gun skills to the test; and veteran actors Dabbs Greer; Robert Shayne and Lyle Talbot lend sturdy support; A great yarn is worth retelling; and Allied Artists did so; reshooting virtually the same Geoffrey Homes/Daniel Mainwaring script four years later in Cinemascope and color as Cole Younger; Gunfighter; also available from the Warner Archive;