The Desperate Game
1926, English. Directed by Joseph Franz & Milburn Morante.
Jim Wesley returns from college with a silk shirt and eastern ways, earning the contempt of the cowpunchers on his father's ranch. With a little hard riding and fancy roping, however, Jim proves himself to be a regular guy. Jim's father is involved in a dispute over water rights with Adam Grayson, a neighboring rancher, and the two men decide to settle the disagreement by a marriage between Jim and Grayson's daughter, Marguerite. The young people refuse, but when Marguerite is attacked by a rejected suitor, Jim comes quickly to her rescue.
- Runtime
- 0h 51m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Joseph FranzDirector
- Milburn MoranteDirector
- Pete MorrisonJim Wesley
- Lightning the HorseJim's Horse
- Dolores GardnerMarguerite Grayson
- Jim WelchMr. Wesley - Jim's Father
- Jere AustinMel Larrimer
- J.P. LockneyAdam Grayson
- Al RichmondMontana McGraw
- Virginia WarwickBelle Deane
- Lew MeehanBat Grayson
- Milburn MoranteShinney
- Merrill McCormickLuke Grayson
- Bert LindleyPat Davis
Details
- Released
- 14 February 1926
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- George Elwood Jenks
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The Desperate Game runs 51 minutes (0h 51m).
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The Desperate Game isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 February 1926. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Desperate Game?
The Desperate Game (1926) was directed by Joseph Franz and Milburn Morante and stars Pete Morrison, Lightning the Horse, Dolores Gardner.