Desert Guns
1936 western film
Desert Guns is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris and William Gould.
Plot
Cast
Conway Tearle as Kirk Allenby / Bob Enright
Margaret Morris as Roberta Enrright
William Gould as Jeff Bagley
Budd Buster as Utah Carroll
Kate Brinker as Cherry
Duke R. Lee as Steve Logan
Marie Werner as Mary Carroll
Charles K. French as The Colonel
Pinkey Barnes as Hank Morgan
George Chesebro as Cowboy
Fred Church as Cal Jennings
Art Felix as Henchman Norton
Ray Gallagher as Deputy
Buck Morgan as Henchman Slocum
Horace Murphy as Doctor Jeff D. Stanley
Bill Patton as Sheriff Slade
Slim Whitaker as Henchman
References
Bibliography
Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.
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