Three men on camels chase a couple carrying gold through Death Valley.Three men on camels chase a couple carrying gold through Death Valley.Three men on camels chase a couple carrying gold through Death Valley.
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Robert Bice
- Tomaso
- (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen
- Ceremony Leader
- (uncredited)
Artie Ortego
- Indian
- (uncredited)
Gloria Talbott
- Indian Girl
- (uncredited)
William Wilkerson
- Indian Bodyguard
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe talent behind Desert Pursuit (1952) is a portrait of postwar Hollywood in transition. Ex-studio contractees Virginia Grey and Wayne Morris spent the 1950s scrambling for work, finding most of it on television. Former Navy Air ace Morris is credited as an associate producer on the film as well. Best remembered for his late-career performance in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957), Morris found himself in diminishing parts and died unexpectedly seven years later, at age 45. Director George Blair enjoyed a prolific career in B-pictures for outfits like Monogram and Republic, but after Desert Pursuit he almost immediately turned to episodic TV work. His last feature film was the quirky exploitation shocker The Hypnotic Eye (1960).
- GoofsThe US Camel Corps imported dromedary camels from the Middle-East. This movie uses bactrian camels from Mongolia.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Southwest Passage (1954)
Featured review
In the American southwest deserts, camels have been left by previous expeditions. Miner Ford Smith (Wayne Morris) encounters wild local Leatherface Bates who claims that three Arabs on camels are looking to steal his gold. Mary Smith (Virginia Grey) joins Ford on his journey while the suspicious Arabs keep hanging around.
It would help if Wayne Morris gets a little dirty and dusty. This traffics in the clean-cut American couple being hounded by those dirty Arabs. This story only works if the Arabs start out without a gun. There is too little shooting and little tension. By the time that they really start shooting, the audience stops caring.
It would help if Wayne Morris gets a little dirty and dusty. This traffics in the clean-cut American couple being hounded by those dirty Arabs. This story only works if the Arabs start out without a gun. There is too little shooting and little tension. By the time that they really start shooting, the audience stops caring.
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- Jul 21, 2024
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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