The 80s made a Western so extra, even the avalanches have drama.
Duell McCall is an outlaw on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Captured by the law and coerced into helping rescue the daughter of the evil local land baron, he finds himself drawn into an ever-deepening web of lies that threatens to cost him his life.
Acting
Rod Steiger chewing scenery like it's his last meal.
Production
TV budget pretending it's a blockbuster—adorably ambitious.
Director
Richard Compton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was actually the FOURTH Desperado TV movie starring Alex McArthur; NBC kept resurrecting Duell McCall like a cowboy Jean Valjean.
Richard Compton directed this after helming episodes of The A-Team and Miami Vice, which explains why this Western feels like it's coked up on 80s action logic.
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