''Desperate Riders'' is an 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 ...

, which was released in 2022.

Plot

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stars in the western thriller, ''Desperate Riders''. It centers on

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, who plays a kidnapped woman.

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plays the kidnapper, but its unsure if she needs rescuing.

Cast

* Drew Waters as Kansas Red * Vanessa Evigan as Leslie * Sam Ashby as Billy *

as Carol *

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as Finnegan *

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as Deputy Harms *

as Thorn *

as Doc Tillman

Production

The film was directed by Michael Feifer and produced by Milestone Studios.

Filming

Desperate Riders was filmed exclusively in the state of

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

in 2021. Filming locations included Historic Collinsville, Rippavilla Plantation,

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, and

McMinnville, Tennessee McMinnville is the largest city in and the county seat of Warren County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 13,788 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It was named after Governor Joseph McMinn. Geography McMinnville is locate ...

. The Fairfield village at the Warren County fair grounds were used for the town scenes. Middle Tennessee was chosen for its scenery and access to country music stars.

Release

The film was released in 2022 and was distributed by

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. It was released in theaters and via streaming simultaneously.

References

External links

* * {{Tvguide title, id=2000475405, title=Desperate Riders 2022 films American Western (genre) films Films shot in Tennessee