The Desperados (1969)

Western

In the closing days of the Civil War, fanatical Parson Josiah Galt and his three sons, Adam, Jacob, and David, are leaders of a gang of southern marauders. Josiah, driven by his lust for revenge for the death of his Indian wife, attacks the Kansas town of St. Thomas. David, recalling his dead mother's prophecy of doom upon the family and repulsed by the carnage caused by his father and brothers, breaks with the gang after his brother Adam tries to rape one of the town's young girls. David is captured by his own men and brought before his father, who accuses him of treason and sentences him to be executed. David escapes, joins his wife, Laura, and together they flee to Texas, where they live for 6 years under an assumed name. After the war, Parson Galt and his sons continue to loot and pillage, and they eventually reach the Texas town where David, Laura, and their young son, Pauly, live.

Updated May 24 2020

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1969-04-30

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FACTS

Runtime: 85 mins Rating: 3.9 Tag Line: HANG ON TO YOUR MONEY, YOUR WOMEN and YOUR LIFE! Here come the DESPERADOS!

Cast

Vince Edwards

David Galt

Jack Palance

Parson Josiah Galt

Neville Brand

Marshal Kilpatrick

Sylvia Syms

Laura

Kate O'Mara

Adah

George Maharis

Jacob Galt

Christopher Malcolm

Gregg

Patrick Holt

Haller