The Desperado Trail

The Desperado Trail (German: Winnetou – 3. Teil) is a 1965 West German film directed by Harald Reinl.

The Desperado Trail
Directed by	Harald Reinl
Written by	J. Joachim Bartsch [de] Harald G. Petersson
Based on	Winnetou novels by Karl May
Produced by	Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Lex Barker Pierre Brice
Cinematography	Ernst W. Kalinke
Edited by	Jutta Hering
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Distributed by	Constantin Film (West Germany) Columbia Pictures (United States)
Release dates	15 October 1965 (1965-10-15) (West Germany) 1968 (1968) (United States)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Plot

After the Civil War, desperados led by a renegade named Rollins, following the settlers moving westward, try to drive a wedge in the friendship between the whites and the Indians. Apache chief Winnetou and his frontier friend, Old Shatterhand, do what they can to keep the peace. Rollins' henchmen try to keep Winnetou away from the warring Jicarillos' chief, White Buffalo, but he fights his way through, only to be confronted by Rollins carrying the chief's son, stabbed in the chest with Winnetou's knife. Winnetou is accused of the killing. It is up to Old Shatterhand to save his friend.

Cast

• Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand
• Pierre Brice as Winnetou
• Rik Battaglia as Rollins
• Ralf Wolter as Sam Hawkens
• Carl Lange as Gouverneur
• Miha Baloh as Gomez
• Dušan Antonijević as Weißer Büffel [White Buffalo]
• Aleksandar Gavrić as Kid
• Ilija Ivezić as Clark
• Veljko Maričić as Vermeulen
• Slobodan Dimitrijević as Schneller Panther [Quick Panther]
• Sophie Hardy as Ann

See also

• Karl May film adaptations

External links

• Winnetou – 3. Teil at IMDb