Desert Passage (film)
Desert Passage | |
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Directed by | Lesley Selander |
Written by | Norman Houston |
Produced by | Herman Schlom |
Starring | Tim Holt |
Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 61-62 mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $99,000[2] |
Box office | $145,000[2] |
Desert Passage is a 1952 Western film starring Tim Holt. It was the last of 46 westerns Holt made for RKO.[3][2]
Plot[]
Tim Holt and old sidekick Chito Rafferty are considering getting out of the stagecoach business when they encounter John Carver, a prison parolee who supposedly has a stash of stolen loot hidden away. Everyone else they encounter is after the money, too.
Cast[]
- Tim Holt as Holt
- Richard Martin as Rafferty
- Walter Reed as Carver
- John Dehner as Bronson
- Joan Dixon as Emily
- Dorothy Patrick as Roxie
- Denver Pyle as Allen
- Clayton Moore as Warwick
Reception[]
The film recorded a loss of $30,000. Since Holt's movies had been losing money regularly over the past few years it was decided to stop the series.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Desert Passage: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Tim Holt and the B Western".
- ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p266
External list[]
- Desert Passage at IMDb
- Desert Passage at the TCM Movie Database
- Desert Passage at AllMovie
- Desert Passage at the American Film Institute Catalog
Categories:
- 1952 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American Western (genre) films
- RKO Pictures films
- 1952 Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- 1950s Western (genre) film stubs