# The Desperado Trail (1965)

> An Apache chief framed for murder and his frontier ally race to expose the renegade manipulating racial tensions across the postwar West.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/3733

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Adventure, Western
- Director: Harald Reinl
- Cast: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Sophie Hardy, Rik Battaglia, Ralf Wolter, Carl Lange, Miha Baloh, Dušan Antonijević
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059915/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: heroic, brisk, heightened, classic western night, adventure movie marathon

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- [Ace High (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/6779)
- [The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/11575)
- [Manitou's Shoe (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/4060)
- [Manitou's Canoe (2025)](https://ember.film/movie/2981531)

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