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.
as Bob Crandall, Texas Ranger
as Sue Martin
as Largo
as Tim Martin
as Henchman Hawk
as Texas Ranger Captain Banning
as Texas Ranger Ordway
as Hatfield
as T-Bone Jones
as Sheriff Warde
as Dying Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)
