''Desert Justice'' is a 1936 American

western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

William Berke William A. Berke (October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a three-dec ...

and starring

Jack Perrin Jack Perrin (born Lyman Wakefield Perrin; July 25, 1896 – December 17, 1967) was an American actor specializing in Westerns. Early life Perrin was born in Three Rivers, Michigan. His father worked in real estate and relocated the family ...

Warren Hymer Edgar Warren Hymer (February 25, 1906 – March 25, 1948) was an American theatre and film actor. Early life He was born in New York City. His father, John Bard Hymer (1875/1876 – 1953) was a playwright (with nine Broadway plays to ...

and David Sharpe.Pitts p.50

Plot

When the police commissioner orders all police horses to be sold off, officer Jack Rankin is disappointed but his beloved Starlight is bought for him by a woman whose life he has saved. Soon afterwards a bank robbery is carried out by a gang headed by Jack's younger brother Dave.

Cast

as Jack Rankin *

as Hymie * Marion Dowling as Ellen Hansen * David Sharpe as Dave Rankin *

Roger Williams Roger Williams (March 1683) was an English-born New England minister, theologian, author, and founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Pl ...

as Rod * William Gould as Hugo Cohn - Auctioneer *

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Fred "Snowflake" Toones (January 5, 1906 – February 13, 1962) was an American actor and comedian. He appeared in over 200 films in his career spanning 23 years. Career He appeared in over 200 films between 1928 and 1951. His standard cha ...

as Snowflake - Bank Janitor * Dennis Moore as Motorcycle Officer *

Budd Buster Budd Leland Buster (June 14, 1891 – December 22, 1965), was an American actor known for B western films. He was sometimes credited as Bud Buster, and as George Selk in his later work. Early life Buster was born either Budd Leland Buster or ...

as Rod's Henchman *

Earl Dwire Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940), born Earl Dean Dwire, was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940. Biography Dwire acted for three years in stock theater with c ...

as Hansen - Police Commissioner *

Tex Palmer Luther Palmer (July 31, 1904 – March 22, 1982) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in over 300 films and television programs between 1929 and 1962. Palmer died on March 22, 1982, at the age of 77. Partial filmography * ' ...

as Posseman * Braveheart as Braveheart - Ellen's Dog * Starlight the Horse as Starlight - Jack's Horse

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by William A. Berke American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-western-film-stub