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The Desert Trail

4.7193554mGMovieActionWestern

Rodeo star John Scott and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie are wrongly accused of armed robbery. They leave town as fast as they can to go looking for their own suspects in Poker City.

DirectorLewis D. Collins
WriterLindsley Parsons
ProducerPaul Malvern

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Cast · Directed by Lewis D. Collins

JWJohn Wayne
John Wayne
John Scott / John Jones
MKMary Kornman
Mary Kornman
Anne
PFPaul Fix
Paul Fix
Jim
ECEddy Chandler
Eddy Chandler
Kansas Charlie / Rev. Harry Smith
CL
Carmen Laroux
Juanita (as Carmen LaRoux)
LMLafe McKee
Lafe McKee
Poker City Sheriff
AFAl Ferguson
Al Ferguson
Pete
HHHenry Hall
Henry Hall
Farnsworth (Rodeo Promoter)

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The Desert Trail is streaming on Philo, MGM Plus and FlixFling in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Fandango At Home. It's not currently on Netflix.

Is The Desert Trail on Netflix?

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