''The Desperate Game'' is a 1926 American silent

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US * Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that i ...

film directed by Joseph Franz and

Milburn Morante Milburn Morante (April 6, 1887 – January 28, 1964) was an American actor, film director and makeup artist.Katchmer p. 267 Partial filmography * ''The Covered Trail'' (1924) * '' Battling Mason'' (1924) * ''The Terror of Pueblo'' (1924) * '' A ...

. It stars

Pete Morrison George D. "Pete" Morrison (August 8, 1890 – February 5, 1973) was an American silent western film actor born in Westminster, Colorado. During his childhood he lived in Morrison, Colorado (named for his grandfather George Morrison) and Id ...

Lew Meehan James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor. Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anon ...

, and

Bert Lindley Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert * Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a S ...

Cast

as Jim Wesley * Dolores Gardner as Marguerite Grayson * Jim Welch as Mr. Wesley - Jim's Father *

Jere Austin Jere Austin (1876–1927) was an American silent film actor from Minnesota. He was born John Van Akin Austin and he began in films in 1914 and made his last appearance in Cecil B. DeMille's '' King of Kings'' (1927). Austin had entered films w ...

as Mel Larrimer * J.P. Lockney as Adam Grayson * Al Richmond as Montana McGraw * Virginia Warwick as Belle Deane *

as Bat Grayson *

as Shinney *

Merrill McCormick William Merrill McCormick (February 5, 1892 – August 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1916 and 1953. William Merrill McCormick was born on February 5, 1892, in Denver, Colorado. McCormick ap ...

as Luke Grayson * Bert Lindley as Pat Davis

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* * * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Milburn Morante American black-and-white films Films directed by Joseph Franz Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{silent-film-stub