A Desert Hero is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

The town is wild and woolly; anybody who takes the job of sheriff is killed within minutes.

Looking to change his gold into cash, Arbuckle enters Hyena Hall, a dancehall run by an enormous bully named Bullneck Bradley.

The star dancing girl refuses to be part of the scheme and is thrown out into the street.

He falls in love with the dancing girl, who reforms and joins the Salvation Army.