Desert Passage (film)

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Desert Passage
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Theatrical release poster
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
Release date
  • May 13, 1952 (1952-05-13) [1]
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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]

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Plot

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.

Cast

Reception

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Desert Passage: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tim Holt and the B Western".
  3. ↑ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p266

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