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 byFord Beebe
Screenplay byDaniel B Ullman
Ron Ormond
Based onstory by Ullman
Produced byRon Ormond
associate
Ira Webb
June Carr
CinematographyErnest Miller
Production
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Distributed byScreen Guild Productions
Release date
  • December 17, 1949 (1949-12-17)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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

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  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".
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