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Desert Pursuit

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Desert Pursuit
Directed byGeorge Blair
Written byScott Darling
Based onstory "Horse Thieves' Hosanna"
1948 story in Blue Book Magazine
by Kenneth Perkins
Produced byAce Herman
Wayne Morris
Lindsley Parsons
StarringWayne Morris
Virginia Grey
George Tobias
CinematographyWilliam A. Sickner
Edited byAce Herman
Music byEdward J. Kay
Production
company
Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • May 11, 1952 (1952-05-11)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Desert Pursuit is a 1952 American Western film directed by George Blair and starring Wayne Morris, Virginia Grey and George Tobias.[1] The film is based on the story "Horse Thieves' Hosanna" by Kenneth Perkins,[2] originally published in the December 1948 issue of Blue Book. IMDb and other sources credit the screenplay to a novel called "Starlight Canyon."[3] However, Perkins never published a novel under that title. Among his papers at the Bancroft Library is a typescript story titled "Starlight Canyon" with a handwritten note identifying the title under which it was published.

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  1. ^ Martin, Len D. (1993). The Allied Artists Checklist: The Feature Films and Short Subjects of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1947-1978. McFarland & Company. p. 171.
  2. ^ Schallert, Edwin (October 26, 1951). "'What Price Glory' Set for Ford; Virginia Grey Does Blackjack Dealer". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Fagan, Herb (2003). The Encyclopedia of Westerns. Facts on File, Inc. p. 128.
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