''The Desperados Are in Town'' is a 1956 American
Western
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film directed by
Kurt Neumann and starring
Robert Arthur and
Kathleen Nolan
Kathleen Nolan (born Joycelyn Schrum, September 27, 1933) is an American actress and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. From 1957 to 1962, she played Kate McCoy, a housewife, on the television series ''The Real McCoys''.
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B ...
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It was a B movie made for the bottom half of double bills.
It was known as ''The Outlaws are in Town''. Kurt Neumann signed to make the movie in July 1956.
Plot
A
farm hand
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from
Georgia
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goes west to
Texas
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, but finds the area overrun with outlaws.
Cast
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Robert Arthur as Lenny Kesh
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Kathleen Nolan
Kathleen Nolan (born Joycelyn Schrum, September 27, 1933) is an American actress and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. From 1957 to 1962, she played Kate McCoy, a housewife, on the television series ''The Real McCoys''.
Early years
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as Alice Rutherford (as Kathy Nolan)
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Rhys Williams as Jud Collins
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Rhodes Reason
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Reason was born in Glendale in Los Angeles County, California, the son ...
as Frank Banner
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Dave O'Brien as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
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Kelly Thordsen
Kelly Thordsen, born Sherman Jess Thordsen (January 19, 1917 – January 23, 1978) was an American film and television actor.
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Thordsen was born in Deadwood, South Dakota. He served in the United States Navy during World War II ...
as Big Tobe Lapman
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Mae Clarke
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as Jane Kesh
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Robert Osterloh
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as Deputy Sheriff Mike Broome
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William Challee
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Biography
Challee was born in Chicago and was a student at Lake View High School.
Challee appeared on Broadway by 1926 and by 1931 in early Group Theatre produc ...
as Tom Kesh
* Carol Kelly as Hattie
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Frank Sully
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as Carl Branch
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Morris Ankrum
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Born in Danville, Illinois, Danville in Vermilion County, Illinois, Vermilion County in eastern ...
as Mr. Rutherford
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Dick Wessel
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as Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
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Dorothy Granger
Dorothy Karolyn Granger (November 21, 1911 – January 4, 1995) was an American actress best known for her roles in short subject comedies in Hollywood.
Career
Granger, with her parents, two brothers, Richard and James, and their grandmot ...
as Molly, Saloon Girl (as Dorothy Grainger)
* Tod Griffin as Ranger
* Nancy Evans as Mrs. Rutherford
* Ann Stebbins as Girl
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Byron Foulger
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Born in Ogden, Utah, Byron was the second of four ...
as Jim Day
See also
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List of American films of 1956
A list of American films released in 1956
''Around the World in 80 Days'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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See also
* 1956 in the United States
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References
Bibliography
* Quinlan, David. ''The Film Lover's Companion: An A to Z Guide to 2,000 Stars and the Movies They Made''. Carol Publishing Group, 1997.
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1956 films
1956 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
CinemaScope films
Films directed by Kurt Neumann
Films scored by Paul Sawtell
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
American black-and-white films
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