Desert Passage | |
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Directed by | Lesley Selander |
Written by | Norman Houston |
Produced by | Herman Schlom |
Starring | Tim Holt Richard Martin Dorothy Patrick |
Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $99,000 [2] |
Box office | $145,000 [2] |
Desert Passage is a 1952 American western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Tim Holt, Richard Martin and Dorothy Patrick. It was the last of 46 westerns Holt made for RKO Pictures. [3] [2]
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.
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]
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