Desert Pursuit

{{Short description|1952 film by George Blair}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Desert Pursuit | image = File:Desert Pursuit.jpg | caption = | director = [[George Blair (director)|George Blair]] | producer = [[Ace Herman]]<br>[[Wayne Morris (American actor)|Wayne Morris]]<br>[[Lindsley Parsons]] | writer = [[Scott Darling (screenwriter)|Scott Darling]] | based_on = {{based on|1948 story "Horse Thieves' Hosanna" in ''[[Blue Book (magazine)|Blue Book Magazine]]''|[[Kenneth Perkins]]}} | narrator = | starring = [[Wayne Morris (American actor)|Wayne Morris]]<br>[[Virginia Grey]]<br>[[George Tobias]] | music = [[Edward J. Kay]] | cinematography = [[William A. Sickner]] | editing = [[Ace Herman]] | studio = Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation | distributor = [[Monogram Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1952|05|11}} | runtime = 71 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Desert Pursuit''''' is a 1952 American [[Western film]] directed by [[George Blair (director)|George Blair]] and starring [[Wayne Morris (American actor)|Wayne Morris]], [[Virginia Grey]] and [[George Tobias]]. The film is based on the story "Horse Thieves' Hosanna" by [[Kenneth Perkins]],<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news |last1=Schallert |first1=Edwin |title='What Price Glory' Set for Ford; Virginia Grey Does Blackjack Dealer |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1951-10-26|page=9, Part III}}</ref> originally published in the December 1948 issue of [[Blue Book (magazine)|Blue Book]].<ref name="Fagan">{{cite book |last1=Fagan |first1=Herb |title=The Encyclopedia of Westerns |date=2003 |publisher=Facts on File, Inc. |page=128}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=July 2024}}

==Cast== * [[Wayne Morris (American actor)|Wayne Morris]] as Ford Smith * [[Virginia Grey]] as Mary Smith * [[George Tobias]] as Ghazili * [[Anthony Caruso (actor)|Anthony Caruso]] as Hassan * [[Emmett Lynn]] as Leatherface Bates * [[John Doucette]] as Kafan * [[Robert Bice]] as Tomaso * [[Frank Lackteen]] as Ceremony Leader * [[Artie Ortego]] as Indian * [[Gloria Talbott]] as Indian Girl * [[William Wilkerson]] as Indian Bodyguard

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0044541}} * {{TCMDb title|id=72836}} * {{AFI film|53416}} * [https://oac.cdlib.org/search?query=kenneth%20perkins%20papers;idT=UCb23195170x Kenneth Perkins Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley]

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