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Feature film — 1994

The Desperate Trail (1994)

4.81h 36mWestern — Action — Drama — Crime

Amiable con man Jack Cooper is on a westbound stagecoach, headed for the next batch of suckers who will mistake him for an easy mark. Fiery Sarah O'Rourke rides the same coach, handcuffed to lawman Bill Speakes and headed for the hangman. In a few hours, all should reach their destinations. But the trail they travel takes an unexpected turn: Cooper and O'Rourke are soon off the stage and running for their lives. The law ends and the chase begins in a very alive tale of wanted-dead-or-alive fugitives (Linda Fiorentino and Craig Sheffer) pursued by a marshal (Sam Elliott) who's a law unto himself.

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Turner Home Entertainment / Motion Picture Corporation of America

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Director: P.J. Pesce

On screen

Cast & crew

Sam Elliott as Marshall Bill Speakes

Sam Elliott

Marshall Bill Speakes

Craig Sheffer as Jack Cooper

Craig Sheffer

Jack Cooper

Linda Fiorentino as Sarah O'Rourke

Linda Fiorentino

Sarah O'Rourke

Frank Whaley as Walter Cooper

Frank Whaley

Walter Cooper

John Furlong as Zeb Hollister

John Furlong

Zeb Hollister

Bradley Whitford as Tommy Donnelly

Bradley Whitford

Tommy Donnelly

Gretchen Becker as Con Woman in Saloon

Gretchen Becker

Con Woman in Saloon

R

Robin Westphal

Mamie Hollister

C

Cecile Krevoy

Con Woman in Saloon

A

Andrea Camarena-Lindsay

Katrin

M

Malissa Feruzzi

Kate Jessie

Rockne Tarkington as Packo

Rockne Tarkington

Packo

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