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Desperate Trails

7.0192150mNRMovieWestern

Bart Carson is in love with Lou and even goes to jail to save Walter A. Walker, a man she says is her brother but who is really a husband who has deserted his wife and two children.

DirectorJohn Ford
WritersElliott J. Clawson·Courtney Ryley Cooper

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Cast · Directed by John Ford

HCHarry Carey
Harry Carey
Bart Carson
IRIrene Rich
Irene Rich
Mrs. Walker
GSGeorgie Stone
Georgie Stone
Dannie Boy
ECEdward Coxen
Edward Coxen
Walter A. Walker
HF
Helen Field
Carrie
BMBarbara La Marr
Barbara La Marr
Lady Lou
GSGeorge Siegmann
George Siegmann
Sheriff Price
CICharles Inslee
Charles Inslee
Doc Higgins (as Charles E. Insley)
HJHarry Carey Jr.
Harry Carey Jr.
Young Baby (uncredited)

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Desperate Trails hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 30, 1921. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.