A gang of rustlers has a large herd of cattle but no land on which to graze them. They decide to take over Colonel Halliday's (Tom Bay) ranch.
"Desperate Courage" is one of those early B-westerns that probably only really holds water for the most dedicated genre completists or folks genuinely curious about how these things were slapped together back in the day. If you're looking for anything resembling modern storytelling, nuanced performances, or even partic...
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""Desperate Courage" is one of those early B-westerns that probably only really holds water for the most dedicated genre completists or folks genuinely curious about how these things were slapped together back in the day. If you're looking for anything resembling modern storytelling, nuanced performances, or even particularly slick action, you're going to have a rough go of it. But for a certain kind of viewer, the sheer earnestness and visible seams of a film like this can have its own strange a..."
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