The Desperado, directed by Thomas Carr and written by Geoffrey Holmes from a novel by Clifton Adams, features Wayne Morris, Jimmy Lydon, Beverly Garland, Rayford Barnes, Dabbs Greer, and Lee Van Cleef. Raoul Kraushaar composed the music, and Joseph Novak handled the cinematography. The film opens with an explanation of a difficult period in Texas history—the years 1870 to 1873—when Texans experienced hardship unde…