Desperado may refer to:
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Outlaw
An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...
, particularly in the American Old West
Books
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''Desperadoes'' (comics), a comic book series
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''Desperadoes'' (novel), a 1979 novel by Ron Hansen
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Desperado Publishing, an American independent comic book publisher
Film and television
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''Desperado'' (film series), a series of five TV movies from 1987 to 1989
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''Desperado'' (film), a 1995 action thriller with Antonio Banderas
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''Desperados'' (film), a 2020 American comedy film
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The Desperadoes
''The Desperadoes'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes and Edgar Buchanan. Based on a story by Max Brand, the film is about a wanted outlaw who arriv ...
'', a 1943 Western starring Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor
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The Desperados'', a 1969 Western starring Vince Edwards and Jack Palance
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''Desperados'' (TV series), a UK children's drama show
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The Dirty Outlaws
''The Dirty Outlaws'', also known as ''Big Ripoff'', ''King of the West'' and ''The Desperado'' (in original Italian, ''El desperado''), is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western starring Andrea Giordana.
Quentin Tarantino ranked the film 13th in his ...
'', a 1967 western also known as ''El Desperado'' or ''The Desperado''
Games
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Desperado (chess), a chess piece that seems determined to give itself up
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Desperados (video game series)
''Desperados'' is a real-time tactics video game series originally developed by Spellbound Entertainment, the series was then acquired by THQ Nordic on 24 June 2013. The series is set in the 1880s Midwest, its main protagonist John Cooper deals w ...
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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive'', a 2001 stealth-based real-time tactics computer game
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Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge'', the 2006 sequel to ''Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive''
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Desperados III
''Desperados III'' is a 2020 real-time tactics video game developed by Mimimi Games and published by THQ Nordic. It is the newest installment in the ''Desperados'' series since the 2007 spin-off title '' Helldorado'', and it was released for Mi ...
'', the 2020 prequel to ''Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive''
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Gun.Smoke
is a 1985 vertical scrolling run-and-gun shooter arcade game produced by Capcom and designed by Yoshiki Okamoto. A Western-themed game, ''Gun.Smoke'' centers on a character named Billy Bob, a bounty hunter going after the criminals of the ...
'', a 1985 video game, ported to some systems as ''Desperado - Gun.Smoke''
Amusement rides
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Desperado (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Buffalo Bill's casino in Primm, Nevada
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Desperados (ride), a collective amusement ride
Music
Bands
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Desperado (band)
Desperado was an American heavy metal band formed by Dee Snider in 1988, after Twisted Sister was disbanded. The band dissolved in the early 1990s due to problems with the record label and the then emerging grunge trend. The album, much bootle ...
, an American heavy metal band
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Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, Trinidad steel band
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Dezperadoz
Dezperadoz (formerly ''Desperados'') is a German "Western-metal" band and is the side-project of Tom Angelripper's guitarist Alex Kraft. The band plays heavy metal music that is heavily influenced by the soundtracks of the 1960s and 1970s S ...
, a German "Western metal" band
Albums
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Desperado: The Soundtrack'', a soundtrack album from the 1995 film
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''Desperado'' (Eagles album), Second studio album by the Eagles, 1973
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''Desperado'' (Pat Martino album), 1970, or the title song
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''Desperado'' (High Rise album), 1998, or the title song
Songs
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"Desperado" (Eagles song), a song by the Eagles
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"Desperado" (Rihanna song), a song by Rihanna 2016
*"Desperado", a song by Alice Cooper from ''
Killer''
*"Desperado", a song by
Eve of Destiny
*"Desperado", a song by Azealia Banks from ''
Broke with Expensive Taste''
*"Desperado", a song by Kenny Rogers from
Daytime Friends
*"Desperados", a song by
Hanoi Rocks
Sports
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El Desperado (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler
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Dallas Desperados, a franchise in the Arena Football League
* The Desperados, a professional wrestling stable consisting of
Dutch Mantel,
Black Bart and
Deadeye Dick (Randy Colley)
Other
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Desperados (beer), a lager produced by Karlovačko Brewery
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