Desperado or desperados may refer to: *

Outlaw An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them. ...

, particularly in the American Old West

Books

* ''Desperadoes'' (comics), a comic book series * ''Desperadoes'' (novel), a 1979 novel by Ron Hansen *

Desperado Publishing Desperado Publishing is an American independent comic book publisher, established in 2004. Located in Norcross, Georgia, Desperado's president is Joe Pruett, its creative director is Stephan Nilson, and its director of business development is for ...

, an American independent comic book publisher

Film and television

* ''Desperado'' (film series), a series of five TV movies from 1987 to 1989 * ''Desperado'' (film), a 1995 action thriller with Antonio Banderas * ''Desperados'' (film), a 2020 American comedy film * '' The Desperadoes'', a 1943 Western starring Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor * ''

The Desperados ''The Desperados'' is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Levin and starring Vince Edwards and Jack Palance. Plot A ruthless preacher, Parson Josiah Galt, leads a band of Southern marauders during the Civil War that includes his ...

'', a 1969 Western starring Vince Edwards and Jack Palance * ''Desperados'' (TV series), a UK children's drama show * ''

The Dirty Outlaws ''The Dirty Outlaws'', also known as ''Big Ripoff'', ''King of the West'' and ''The Desperado'' (), is a 1967 Italian spaghetti Western starring Andrea Giordana. Quentin Tarantino ranked the film 13th in his personal "Top 20 favorite Spaghetti W ...

'', a 1967 western also known as ''El Desperado'' or ''The Desperado''

Games

Desperado (chess) In chess, a desperado is a piece that is (in the first meaning) either '' en prise'' or trapped, but captures an enemy piece before it is itself captured in order to compensate the loss a little, or (in the second meaning) is used as a sacrifice ...

, a chess piece that seems determined to give itself up * Desperados (video game series), a stealth-based real-time tactics game series ** '' Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive'', the first game in the series released in 2001 * ''

Gun.Smoke is a 1985 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. Unique from other scrolling shooters games, ''Gun.Smoke'' features a human as the shooter instead of a spacecraft, in this case a character named ...

'', a 1985 video game, ported to some systems as ''Desperado - Gun.Smoke''

Amusement rides

Desperado (roller coaster) Desperado is a steel roller coaster located at Buffalo Bill's Hotel and Casino in Primm, Nevada, United States, a part of the Primm Valley Resorts complex, straddling the state borders of California and Nevada. Designed by Arrow Dynamics and fab ...

, a roller coaster at Buffalo Bill's casino in Primm, Nevada *

Desperados (ride) Desperados is a collective amusement ride developed by Alterface. It presents itself as an interactive theater with a Western theme. Principle 10 to 60 riders step on their individual horses and pick up their six-shooters. All riders play togethe ...

, a collective amusement ride

Music

Bands

* Desperado (band), an American heavy metal band *

Desperadoes Steel Orchestra The Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, also called Despers, are a steelband from Laventille in Trinidad, formed in 1945. Origins and evolution In Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943, some young men who lived in the Laventille community began calling thei ...

, a Trinidad steelband *

Dezperadoz Dezperadoz (formerly Desperados) is a German "Western metal" band and is the side project of Onkel Tom guitarist Alex Kraft. Formed in 2000, the band plays heavy metal music that is heavily influenced by the soundtracks of the 1960s and 1970 ...

(formerly Desperados), a German Western-themed heavy metal band

Albums

* '' Desperado: The Soundtrack'', a soundtrack album from the 1995 film * ''Desperado'' (Eagles album), Second studio album by the Eagles, 1973 * ''Desperado'' (Pat Martino album), 1970, or the title song * ''Desperado'' (High Rise album), 1998, or the title song

Songs

* "Desperado" (Eagles song), a song by the Eagles * "Desperado" (Rihanna song), a song by Rihanna 2016 *"Desperado", a song by Alice Cooper from ''

Killer A killer is someone or something that kills, such as a murderer or a serial killer. Killer may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Killer, the secondary antagonist of the 1989 animated film ''All Dogs Go to He ...

'' *"Desperado", a song by Eve of Destiny *"Desperado", a song by Azealia Banks from ''

Broke with Expensive Taste ''Broke with Expensive Taste'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Azealia Banks, released on November 7, 2014. In 2011, Banks started working on the album despite not having signed to a record label at that time. A year later, she signe ...

'' *"Desperado", a song by Kenny Rogers from

Daytime Friends ''Daytime Friends'' is the third studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records, released in 1977. It was his second major success following the break-up of The First Edition in 1976 (his first album '' Love Lifted Me'' ...

*"Desperados", a song by

Hanoi Rocks Hanoi Rocks were a Finnish Rock music, rock band formed in 1979. They were the first Finnish band to chart in the UK and they were also popular in Japan. By 1984, the band was considered to be on the verge of an international breakthrough when ...

*"Desperado", a song by

Raghav Raghav Mathur (born April 2, 1981), known professionally as Raghav, is a Canadian singer. He has released three studio albums: the debut '' Storyteller'' in 2004, '' Identity'' in 2009, and '' The Phoenix'' in 2012. His most known commercial suc ...

featuring Tesher

Sports

El Desperado (wrestler) , better known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion in his fifth reign. He was a member of the Suzuki-gun stable from 2014 until ...

, a Japanese professional wrestler *

Dallas Desperados The Dallas Desperados were a professional arena football team based in Dallas, Texas. They played in the Eastern Division of the Arena Football League from to . The franchise began as an expansion team and posted a winning record in all but o ...

, a franchise in the Arena Football League * The Desperados, a professional wrestling stable consisting of

Dutch Mantel Wayne Maurice Keown (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestling manager, booker and retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dutch Mantel (also spelled Dutch Mantell). Since May 2022, Mantell has co-host ...

, Black Bart and Deadeye Dick (Randy Colley)

Other

Desperados (beer) Desperados is an ''agave'' spirit flavoured pale lager beer with 5.9% alcohol by volume (ABV) originally created and produced by the French brewing company Fischer Brewery but now is produced by Zlatý Bažant Brewery, a Heineken N.V. subsidiary ...

, a lager produced by Karlovačko Brewery {{disambiguation