Texas Manhunt

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.^[1][2]

Texas Manhunt
Directed by	Ford Beebe
Screenplay by	Daniel B Ullman Ron Ormond
Based on	story by Ullman
Produced by	Ron Ormond associate Ira Webb June Carr
Cinematography	Ernest Miller
Production company	Lippert Pictures
Distributed by	Screen Guild Productions
Release date	December 17, 1949 (1949-12-17)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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)".^[3]

References

1. "MOVIEL AND BRIEFS". Los Angeles Times. June 23, 1949. ProQuest 165971937.
2. "RED DESERT". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 21. 1954. p. 163. ProQuest 1305824158.
3. "Margia Dean Interview".

External links

• Red Desert at IMDb
• Texas Manhunt at the TCM Movie Database
• Red Desert at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}