Texas Manhunt

{{short description|1949 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | image = File:Red Desert (1949 film).jpg | director = Ford Beebe | screenplay = Daniel B Ullman<br>Ron Ormond | based_on = story by Ullman | producer = Ron Ormond<br>'''associate'''<br>Ira Webb<br>June Carr | starring = | cinematography = Ernest Miller | editing = | music = | studio = Lippert Pictures | distributor = Screen Guild Productions | released = {{Film date|1949|12|17}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Texas Manhunt''''', also known as '''''Red Desert''''', is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Don "Red" Barry and Tom Neal.<ref>{{Cite news|title=MOVIEL AND BRIEFS. |date=Jun 23, 1949|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|165971937}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=RED DESERT|date=1954|work=Monthly Film Bulletin|volume=21|page=163|id={{ProQuest|1305824158}}}}</ref>

==Cast== *Don Barry as Pecos Jones *Tom Neal as John Williams *Jack Holt as Deacon Smith *Margia Dean as Hazel Carter *Joseph Crehan as President Ulysses S. Grant *Byron Foulger as Sparky Jackson, also known as Lefty Jordan *John Cason as Bob Horn *Tom London as Col. McMasters *Holly Bane as Barton

==Producer== The film stars Margia Dean, who recalled "Don Barry was very nice, pleasant and polite to me. But, he was short. And that can create something of a problem. Tom Neal was in it, and I found him to be the serious, brooding type." She says Holt was in the film because producer Robert L Lippert "was good about using once-big names who were a little past their prime!... It was my first leading lady, but still a thankless part. You go in early in the morning for hair and makeup; then are driven a long ways to a dusty, hot, sticky location. At dusk, they take the leading lady's close-up—just when she's grimy! (Laughs) Those tight corsets and five pounds of wigs were all uncomfortable—as were those stagecoach rides—which were so bumpy! (Laughs)".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westernclippings.com/interview/margiadean_interview.shtml|title = Margia Dean Interview}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0041789|Red Desert}} *{{TCMDb title|87832}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160311143015/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b40d05c ''Red Desert''] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}

Category:1949 films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:Films directed by Ford Beebe Category:1949 Western (genre) films Category:Lippert Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1949 English-language films Category:1949 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films Category:Films produced by Ron Ormond